Shloka 413
भीमसेनस्य कौरवसुतवधः तथा श्रुतर्वावधः
Slaying of Kaurava princes and the fall of Śrutarvā
विवर्णवदना भूत्वा पर्यपृच्छन्त ते सुतम् वर्तमान जनसंहारमें राजाको न देखकर वे महारथी आपके पुत्रको मारा गया मान बैठे और मुँह उदास करके सबसे आपके पुत्रका पता पूछने लगे
vivarṇavadanā bhūtvā paryapṛcchanta te sutam | vartamāna-jana-saṃhārame rājānaṃ na dadṛśuḥ | te mahārathinaḥ putraṃ tava hataṃ manyamānāḥ | mukhaṃ viṣaṇṇaṃ kṛtvā sarvataḥ putrasya te vārttāṃ papracchuḥ ||
Sañjaya said: Their faces grew pale and downcast. In the midst of the ongoing slaughter of men, not seeing the king, those great chariot-warriors assumed that your son had been slain. With sorrowful expressions, they began asking everywhere for news of your son. The verse underscores how, in war’s confusion, fear and inference quickly harden into belief, and grief spreads even before certainty is known.
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