Shloka 173
कृष्णोपदेशः, अर्जुनस्य क्षमा-याचनम्, कर्णवध-अनुज्ञा
Krishna’s Counsel, Arjuna’s Apology, and Authorization for Karṇa’s Slaying
वध्यमानेषु वीरेषु तव पुत्रेषु धन्विषु । जनेश्वरर फिर आपके वीर थधनुर्धर पुत्रोंके इस प्रकार वहाँ मारे जानेपर भयंकर हाहाकार मच गया
vadhyamāneṣu vīreṣu tava putreṣu dhanviṣu | janeśvara bhayaṅkaraḥ hāhākāro 'bhavat ||
Sañjaya said: As your heroic, bow-wielding sons were being slain there, O lord of men, a dreadful cry of lamentation arose—an outburst of grief and panic at the ruin of the Kaurava warriors.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores the human cost of war: even among celebrated heroes, slaughter leads not to glory but to collective anguish. It implicitly points to the ethical weight of choices that culminate in mass suffering.
Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that, as Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s bow-armed sons and warriors are being killed on the battlefield, a terrifying uproar of cries and lamentation breaks out among the Kaurava side.