Shloka 10
कर्णपर्व — अध्याय ५७
Arjuna’s targeted advance; Śalya–Karṇa dialogue; interception attempts
पश्य पार्थ महारौद्रो वर्तते भरतक्षय: । पृथिव्यां क्षत्रियाणां वै दुर्योधनकृते महान्,“कुन्तीनन्दन! देखो, दुर्योधनके कारण भरत-वंशियोंका तथा भूमण्डलके अन्य क्षत्रियोंका महाभयंकर विनाश हो रहा है
paśya pārtha mahāraudro vartate bharatakṣayaḥ | pṛthivyāṃ kṣatriyāṇāṃ vai duryodhanakṛte mahān |
Sañjaya said: “Behold, O Pārtha—an exceedingly dreadful destruction of the Bharata line is unfolding. Indeed, upon the earth a vast slaughter of kṣatriyas is taking place, all on account of Duryodhana.” The verse frames the war’s carnage as a morally charged consequence of one man’s obstinacy, highlighting how adharma-driven ambition spreads ruin far beyond its instigator.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Adharma rooted in stubborn ambition can trigger widespread, disproportionate harm: one leader’s refusal to yield (Duryodhana) becomes the moral cause for the ruin of many, underscoring responsibility and the ethical weight of leadership.
Sañjaya, narrating the battlefield events, points out to Pārtha (Arjuna) that a terrifying decimation of the Bharatas and other kṣatriyas across the earth is unfolding, and he explicitly attributes this massive destruction to Duryodhana’s agency.