Shloka 134
एवं स निहतो राजन् पार्थेनामिततेजसा । अक्षौहिणीरष्ट हत्वा जामाता तव सैन्धव:,राजन! इस प्रकार अमित तेजस्वी अर्जुनने आपकी आठ अक्षौहिणी सेनाओंके संहारकी पूर्ति करके आपके दामाद सिंधुराज जयद्रथको मार डाला
evaṁ sa nihato rājan pārthenāmitatejasā | akṣauhiṇīr aṣṭa hatvā jāmātā tava saindhavaḥ ||
Sañjaya said: O King, thus was he slain by Pārtha (Arjuna) of immeasurable splendor. After destroying eight akṣauhiṇīs of your forces, your son-in-law—the Sindhu prince Jayadratha—was killed, completing the terrible reckoning of that day’s vow and the inexorable course of war.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores the moral gravity of vows and consequences in war: actions (especially those violating dharma, such as enabling injustice) draw inevitable retribution, and a kṣatriya’s resolve—once bound by a righteous vow—drives events toward accountability, even amid immense destruction.
Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that Arjuna has slain Jayadratha, Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s son-in-law. The report emphasizes the scale of the carnage—eight akṣauhiṇīs destroyed—framing Jayadratha’s death as the culmination of Arjuna’s determined pursuit on that decisive day.