Shloka 55
धृष्टद्युम्नस्य द्रोणरथारोহণं सात्यकेः प्रतिरक्षणं च | Dhrishtadyumna Boards Droṇa’s Chariot; Sātyaki’s Counter-Protection
नूनं स पातितः शेते धरण्यां रुधिरोक्षित:
nūnaṃ sa pātitaḥ śete dharaṇyāṃ rudhirokṣitaḥ
Sungguh, ia telah dijatuhkan dan kini terbaring di bumi, tersiram darah; demikianlah kepastian dharma perang—ketika keberanian dan takdir berpuncak pada tubuh yang rebah, dan bobot moral kekerasan tampak nyata.
संजय उवाच
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The line underscores the stark consequence of violence: in war, certainty replaces speculation when a life is visibly ended. Ethically, it presses the listener to confront the real cost of conflict—bodies on the ground, bloodshed, and the heavy karmic and dharmic burden that accompanies such outcomes.
Sañjaya, reporting the battlefield to Dhṛtarāṣṭra, infers with certainty that a particular warrior has been felled and is now lying on the earth, soaked in blood. The verse functions as a vivid, immediate confirmation of a combatant’s fall amid the ongoing carnage of the Droṇa Parva.