Shloka 6
Droṇa’s Withdrawal, Death, and the Kaurava Rout (द्रोणनिधन-प्रसङ्गः)
महारथसहस््राणि जषघ्नुरन्योन्यमाहवे
mahāratha-sahasrāṇi jaṣaghnur anyonyam āhave
Sañjaya said: In the press of battle, thousands of great chariot-warriors struck down one another—an image of war’s self-consuming fury, where prowess turns into mutual destruction and the moral cost of violence becomes starkly visible.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores the ethical gravity of war: even the mightiest warriors become instruments of reciprocal ruin. It invites reflection on how violence escalates into collective self-destruction, challenging any romanticization of martial glory.
Sañjaya reports the battlefield scene where vast numbers of elite chariot-warriors are killing each other in close combat, conveying the scale and intensity of the fighting in the Drona Parva.