Shloka 10
Karṇa-parva Adhyāya 20 — Yudhiṣṭhira–Duryodhana Encounter and Escalation of Arms
ततः प्रववृते भूय: संग्रामो राजसत्तम । कर्णस्य पाण्डवानां च यमराष्ट्रविवर्धन:,नृपश्रेष्ठ उस समय कर्णका पाण्डव-सैनिकोंके साथ जो पुनः संग्राम आरम्भ हुआ था, वह यमराजके राज्यकी श्रीवृद्धि करनेवाला था
tataḥ pravavṛte bhūyaḥ saṅgrāmo rājasattama | karṇasya pāṇḍavānāṃ ca yamarāṣṭravivardhanaḥ ||
Sañjaya said: “Then, O best of kings, the battle flared up once again between Karṇa and the Pāṇḍavas’ forces—a clash that only swelled the dominion of Yama, for it increased the harvest of death.”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores the moral gravity of war: renewed combat, however valorous, primarily results in death—symbolically described as enlarging Yama’s kingdom—reminding the listener that violence carries inevitable and collective consequences.
Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that the fighting has resumed with intensity between Karṇa and the Pāṇḍava side, and he characterizes this renewed engagement as one that will greatly increase casualties.