Shloka 35
हत्वा तान् पुरुषव्याप्र: पज्चालानां महारथ:
hatvā tān puruṣavyāpraḥ pāñcālānāṃ mahārathaḥ
Sañjaya said: Having slain them, the great chariot-warrior of the Pāñcālas—energetic and fully engaged in manly exertion—(continued the battle). The line underscores the relentless momentum of war, where prowess and duty in combat are narrated alongside the grave moral weight of taking lives.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the tension between martial excellence and moral gravity: even when framed as kṣatriya duty and heroic exertion, killing remains a weighty act, reminding the listener that prowess in war does not erase ethical consequence.
Sañjaya reports that a foremost warrior associated with the Pāñcālas, after killing certain opponents, continues in vigorous combat—an ongoing battlefield update within the Karṇa Parva war sequence.