Shloka 10
जारासंधिर्भगदत्तो जलसंधश्च वीर्यवान् भूरिश्रवा: शल: शल्यो वृषसेनश्व॒ सानुज:,कर्ण, दुर्योधन, महारथी शकुनि, धूृतराष्ट्रके पुत्र महाबली दुःशासन आदि, जरासन्धकुमार सहदेव, भगदत्त, पराक्रमी जलसन्ध, भूरिश्रवा, शल, शल्य, भाइयोंसहित वृषसेन, राजकुमार लक्ष्मण, धृष्टद्युम्नके पुत्र, शिखण्डीके सभी पुत्र, भाइयोंसहित धुृष्टकेतु, अचल, वृषक, राक्षस अलायुध, राजा बाह्लिक, सोमदत्त और चेकितान--ये तथा दूसरे बहुत-से क्षत्रियवीर, जो संख्यामें अधिक होनेके कारण नाम लेकर नहीं बताये गये हैं, सभी देदीप्यमान शरीर धारण करके उस जलसे प्रकट हुए
vaiśampāyana uvāca | jarāsaṃdhir bhagadatto jalasaṃdhaś ca vīryavān bhūriśravāḥ śalaḥ śalyo vṛṣasenaś ca sānujaḥ karṇaḥ duryodhano mahārathaḥ śakuniḥ dhṛtarāṣṭrasya putro mahābalī duḥśāsana ādayaḥ jarāsaṃdhakumāraḥ sahadevaḥ bhagadattaḥ parākrāmī jalasaṃdhaḥ bhūriśravāḥ śalaḥ śalyaḥ bhrātṛbhiḥ saha vṛṣasenaḥ rājakumāraḥ lakṣmaṇaḥ dhṛṣṭadyumnasya putrāḥ śikhaṇḍinaḥ sarve putrāḥ bhrātṛbhiḥ saha dhṛṣṭaketuḥ acalaḥ vṛṣakaḥ rākṣasaḥ alāyudhaḥ rājā bāhlikaḥ somadattaḥ cekitānaḥ—ete ca anye bahavaḥ kṣatriyavīrāḥ saṃkhyāyāṃ bahutvān nāmnā na nirdiṣṭāḥ sarve dīdipyamānaśarīrāḥ taṃ jalāt prādurabhavan |
Waiśampāyana berkata: Jarāsandha, Bhagadatta, Jalasandha yang perkasa; Bhūriśravā, Śala, Śalya, serta Vṛṣasena bersama saudara-saudaranya; Karṇa, Duryodhana sang mahāratha, Śakuni, dan putra-putra Dhṛtarāṣṭra yang amat kuat—Duḥśāsana dan lainnya; Sahadeva putra Jarāsandha; Pangeran Lakṣmaṇa; putra-putra Dhṛṣṭadyumna; seluruh putra Śikhaṇḍin; Dhṛṣṭaketu bersama saudara-saudaranya; Acala, Vṛṣaka; rākṣasa Alāyudha; Raja Bāhlīka; Somadatta; dan Cekitāna—mereka ini dan banyak pahlawan kṣatriya lainnya, terlalu banyak untuk disebut satu per satu, semuanya muncul dari air itu dengan tubuh yang bercahaya gemilang.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the Mahābhārata’s ethical complexity: warriors who died in the catastrophic war are shown reappearing with luminous bodies, suggesting that dharma and karmic outcome operate on levels beyond immediate battlefield judgments, and that death does not end moral reckoning or cosmic order.
Vaiśampāyana lists many prominent warriors—Kaurava allies and others—who are said to manifest from the water with shining bodies. The catalogue emphasizes the vast scale of the war’s losses and frames a visionary moment in which the fallen are seen again in a transformed state.