Shloka 6
Jayadratha-rakṣā: Conch Signals and Encirclement of Arjuna
Chapter 79
शयनीयं पुरा यस्य स्पर्थ्यास्तरणसंवृतम् । भूमावद्य कथं शेषे विप्रविद्ध: सुखोचित:,“हाय! पहले जिसके शयन करनेके लिये बहुमूल्य बिछौनेसे ढकी हुई शय्या बिछायी जाती थी, वही बेटा अभिमन्यु सुख भोगनेके योग्य होकर भी आज बाणविद्ध शरीरसे भूतलपर कैसे सो रहा होगा?
śayanīyaṃ purā yasya spardhyāstaraṇasaṃvṛtam | bhūmāv adya kathaṃ śete vipraviddhaḥ sukhocitaḥ ||
Sañjaya said: “He for whom, in earlier days, a bed fit for rest was spread and covered with precious bedding—how is that very Abhimanyu, worthy of comfort, lying today upon the bare earth, his body pierced by arrows?” The line underscores the moral shock of war: the fall of the young and noble from rightful ease to a violent death, evoking grief and the ethical cost of battlefield glory.
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