Shloka 56
धृष्टद्युम्नस्य द्रोणाभिमुख्यं तथा सात्यकि-कर्ण-समागमः
Dhṛṣṭadyumna’s advance toward Droṇa and the Sātyaki–Karṇa confrontation
सहस्राक्षसमं चैव सिद्धचारणमानवा: । भूरिश्रवसमालोक्य युद्धे प्रायगतं हतम्
sahasrākṣasamaṃ caiva siddhacāraṇamānavāḥ | bhūriśravasamālokya yuddhe prāyagataṃ hatam ||
Sañjaya said: Seeing Bhūriśravas—who in the battle had been brought to the point of death and slain—Siddhas, Cāraṇas, and men, and even Indra-like beings, looked on in astonishment. The scene underscores how the fall of a great warrior becomes a moral spectacle for the worlds, inviting reflection on the cost of wrath and the frailty of life amid war.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames a warrior’s death as an event witnessed by higher beings, suggesting that actions in war are not merely tactical but morally weighty, leaving an imprint that invites judgment and reflection on dharma, restraint, and the tragic cost of violence.
Sañjaya reports that celestial beings (Siddhas and Cāraṇas) and Indra-like observers behold Bhūriśravas in the battlefield, slain after being brought to the brink of death, emphasizing the dramatic and consequential nature of his fall.