Shloka 145
द्रोणकर्णयोः निशि संप्रहारः — Night Engagement with Droṇa and Karṇa
महाधनुर्धर वीर अर्जुनने रथ, हाथी और पैदल-समूहोंसहित उन कौरव-सैनिकोंको प्रचण्ड गतिसे आगे बढ़ते देख उनके सम्पूर्ण आयुधों और जीवनको भी नष्ट करके उन्हें यमराजके राज्यकी वृद्धि करनेवाला बना दिया ।। इति श्रीमहाभारते द्रोणपर्वणि जयद्रथवधपर्वणि संकुलयुद्धे पज्चचत्वारिंशदधिकशततमो< ध्याय:,इस प्रकार श्रीमह्ाभारत द्रोणपर्वके अन्तर्गत जयद्रथवधपर्वमें संकुलयुद्धाविषयक एक सौ पैतालीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
sañjaya uvāca | mahā-dhanurdharaḥ vīraḥ arjunaḥ ratha-gaja-pāda-saṅghaiḥ saha tān kaurava-sainikān pracaṇḍa-gatyā agre vardhamānān dṛṣṭvā teṣāṃ sarvāyudhāni jīvitāni ca vināśya yama-rājasya rājyasya vṛddhi-karaḥ cakāra ||
Sanjaya said: The heroic Arjuna, a master of the great bow, seeing those Kaurava soldiers advancing at a furious speed with chariots, elephants, and masses of infantry, shattered their weapons and took their lives as well—thus increasing the realm of Yama, the Lord of Death. The scene underscores the grim moral weight of war: prowess becomes an instrument of inevitable mortality, and victory is measured in lives consigned to death’s dominion.
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