Shloka 34
कर्णभीमसेनयुद्धम् | Karṇa–Bhīmasena Engagement
Chapter 111
जनाश्च तद् ददृशिरे रक्ष: कौतूहलान्विता: । यदृ्च्छया निपतितं भूमावज्भारकं यथा,पृथ्वीपर अकस्मात् टूटकर गिरे हुए मंगल ग्रहके समान धराशायी हुए उस राक्षसको बहुत-से मनुष्य कौतूहलवश देखने लगे
sañjaya uvāca | janāś ca tad dadṛśire rakṣaḥ kautūhalānvitāḥ | yadṛcchayā nipatitaṃ bhūmāv ajabhārakaṃ yathā |
Sañjaya said: Many people, seized with curiosity, gathered to look at that rākṣasa lying there—fallen to the ground by sheer chance, like a heavy load suddenly dropped upon the earth.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights a moral tension of war: even amid death and collapse, onlookers can be drawn by mere curiosity. It implicitly cautions that fascination with violence can dull compassion and ethical sensitivity.
Sañjaya reports that many people, stirred by curiosity, come to see a rākṣasa who has fallen to the ground—described through a simile of a heavy burden suddenly dropped upon the earth.