Shloka 33
हतं दृष्टवा महाकायं वकज्ञातिमरिंदमम् | पज्चाला: पाण्डवाश्वैव सिंहनादान् विनेदिरे
hataṃ dṛṣṭvā mahākāyaṃ vakrajñātim ariṃdamam | pāñcālāḥ pāṇḍavāś caiva siṃhanādān vinedire ||
Sañjaya said: Seeing that mighty, huge-bodied warrior—an indomitable crusher of foes, famed among his own kin—slain, the Pāñcālas and the Pāṇḍavas together raised lion-like roars. In the harsh moral landscape of war, their exultation marks both the release from a formidable threat and the grim normalization of victory through death.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the ethical tension of war: the fall of a powerful enemy brings relief and collective triumph, yet it also shows how battlefield duty (kṣatriya-dharma) can make death a trigger for celebration, revealing the hardening of moral sensibility under prolonged conflict.
Sañjaya reports that after a massive and formidable warrior—well-known among his own people—has been slain, the allied forces of the Pāñcālas and the Pāṇḍavas respond by raising loud, lion-like victory cries.