Shloka 116
Śalya-parva Adhyāya 26 — Duryodhana’s remnant formation and rapid engagements
पातयामास कौरव्यं रथोपस्थादरिंदम: । फिर हँसते-हँसते उन शत्रुदमन वीरने कुरुवंशी जयत्सेनको नाराचसे घायल करके उसे रथकी बैठकसे नीचे गिरा दिया
pātayāmāsa kauravyaṁ rathopasthād ariṁdamaḥ |
Sañjaya dijo: El guerrero que somete a los enemigos derribó al Kaurava, haciéndolo caer del asiento de su carro. La escena subraya el ímpetu implacable de la batalla, donde la destreza y la precisión táctica deciden la vida y la muerte en un instante, y donde la excelencia marcial se exhibe sin pausa bajo el peso moral de una guerra fratricida.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the harsh immediacy of battlefield karma: skill and decisive action bring swift outcomes. Ethically, it reflects the grim reality of kṣatriya-duty in a civil war—valor is praised, yet the violence remains morally weighty within the epic’s larger reflection on dharma.
In Sañjaya’s report of the Kurukṣetra battle, an enemy-crushing warrior strikes a Kaurava so that he falls down from the chariot-seat, indicating a successful attack that disables or unseats the opponent.