Shloka 44
संस्तरिष्यामि गोविन्द वसुधां वसुधाधिपै: । “गोविन्द! आज मैं सुवर्णमय कवच और मणिमय कुण्डल धारण करनेवाले भूपतियोंकी लाशोंसे रणभूमिको पाट दूँगा | ४३ ई ।। अद्याभिमन्यो: शत्रूणां सर्वेषां मधुसूदन
saṃstariṣyāmi govinda vasudhāṃ vasudhādhipaiḥ | adyābhimanyōḥ śatrūṇāṃ sarveṣāṃ madhusūdana ||
Sañjaya said: “O Govinda, I shall carpet the earth with the bodies of kings. Today, O Madhusūdana, I will lay low all the enemies of Abhimanyu.” The utterance conveys the intoxication of martial pride and the dehumanizing momentum of war, where victory is imagined as a literal covering of the ground with the fallen—an ethical contrast to dharma’s restraint and compassion.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how war inflames pride and reduces opponents to mere ‘bodies’ in a boast of slaughter. In the Mahābhārata’s ethical frame, such speech functions as a warning: adharma grows when victory is pursued without restraint, and violent intent rebounds through karmic consequence.
Sañjaya reports a warrior’s fierce vow addressed to Kṛṣṇa (Govinda/Madhusūdana): he claims he will cover the battlefield/earth with the slain kings and destroy all enemies connected with Abhimanyu. It is a moment of escalating ferocity in the Karṇa Parva war narrative.