Shloka 4
भीष्मवधोपाय-प्रश्नः (Inquiry into the means to overcome Bhīṣma) | Chapter 103
तेन मुक्ता रणे राजज्शरा: शत्रुनिबर्हणा: । क्षत्रियाननयञ्शूरान् प्रेतताजनिवेशनम्,राजन! रणक्षेत्रमें अभिमन्युके छोड़े हुए शत्रुनाशक बाणोंने बहुत-से शूरवीर क्षत्रियोंको यमराजके लोकमें पहुँचा दिया
tena muktā raṇe rājañ śarāḥ śatrunibarhaṇāḥ | kṣatriyān anayac chūrān pretarājaniveśanam, rājan |
Sañjaya berkata: Wahai Raja, panah-panah pemusnah musuh yang dilepaskannya di pertempuran menuntun banyak kesatria perkasa menuju kediaman Prêtarāja Yama—yakni mereka gugur dan masuk ke alam maut.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even when war is framed as duty (kṣatriya-dharma), its immediate fruit is death and suffering; the verse highlights the grave ethical cost of martial action and the inevitability of mortality in battle.
Sañjaya reports to King Dhṛtarāṣṭra that the arrows discharged in the fight—understood in context as those shot by Abhimanyu on the battlefield—killed many heroic Kṣatriyas, sending them to Yama’s realm.