Shloka 31
कृष्णेन अर्जुनस्य प्रोत्साहनम् — Kṛṣṇa’s Exhortation to Arjuna
Prelude to Karṇa’s Slaying
शीर्षपाषाणसंछन्ना: केशशैवलशाद्धला: । अस्थिमीनसमाकीर्णा धनुःशरगदोडुपा:,योद्धाओंके कटे हुए मस्तक शिलाखण्डोंके समान उन नदियोंको आच्छादित किये रहते थे। उनके केश ही सेवार और घासके समान प्रतीत होते थे, हड्डियाँ ही उनमें मछलियोंके समान व्याप्त हो रही थीं, धनुष, बाण और गदाएँ नौकाके समान जान पड़ती थीं
śīrṣapāṣāṇasaṃchannāḥ keśaśaivalśādvalāḥ | asthimīnasamākīrṇā dhanuḥśaragadoḍupāḥ ||
Sañjaya said: “Those rivers were covered over with severed heads like boulders; the hair upon them looked like algae and river-grass. Bones were scattered everywhere like fish, and bows, arrows, and maces appeared like boats.” The image underscores the moral horror of war: the battlefield becomes a grotesque ‘river’ of death, where human bodies and weapons replace the natural order, revealing how violence overturns dharma and turns life’s currents into a passage of suffering.
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