Shloka 29
भीमसेनस्य बहुमहारथसंयुगः
Bhīmasena’s Engagement with Multiple Mahārathas
जघानात्र पिता पुत्रं पुत्रश्न पितरं तथा
jaghānātra pitā putraṃ putraś ca pitaraṃ tathā
Sañjaya dit : Là, un père abattit son propre fils, et de même un fils abattit son père — montrant comment, dans l’aveuglement de la guerre, la parenté et l’affection naturelle furent submergées par les exigences du combat et l’allégeance.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the moral collapse that war can produce: even the most fundamental bonds—father and son—can be violated when violence and factional duty eclipse compassion and familial dharma.
Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra the battlefield horror that, in the fighting, fathers and sons ended up killing each other, emphasizing the chaos and indiscriminate nature of the conflict.