Shloka 35
जयद्रथवधः — The Slaying of Jayadratha
Sunset Vow and Curse-Condition
अद्य राजसहस्राणि निहतानि मया रणे । दृष्टवा दुर्योधनो राजा संतप्स्यति महामृथे,आज महासमरमें मेरे द्वारा सहस्नों राजाओंका विनाश देखकर राजा दुर्योधनको बड़ा संताप होगा
adya rāja-sahasrāṇi nihatāni mayā raṇe | dṛṣṭvā duryodhano rājā santapsyati mahāmṛdhe ||
“Today, in the battle, I have slain thousands of kings. Seeing this, King Duryodhana will be consumed with grief and burning anguish amid this great and terrible fight.”
सूत उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the moral and psychological consequence of mass violence: victory in war is inseparable from sorrow, and the sight of widespread slaughter brings torment even to those who seek triumph.
The Sūta, narrating events, reports that thousands of royal warriors have been killed in the day’s fighting and predicts that Duryodhana, on witnessing this devastation, will be overwhelmed with anguish in the midst of the great battle.