Shloka 13
धृतराष्ट्र-संजय-संवादः — दुर्योधनस्य ह्रदप्रवेशः
Dhṛtarāṣṭra–Saṃjaya Dialogue: Duryodhana’s Entry into the Lake
महाराज! वहाँ रणभूमिमें कुपित हुए योद्धा एक-दूसरेसे भिड़कर परस्पर चोट करते हुए घूम रहे थे ।। उद्वृत्तनयनै रोषात् संदष्टौष्ठ पुटैर्मुखै: । सकुण्डलैर्मही च्छन्ना पच्मकिज्जल्कसंनिभै:,कमलकेसरकी-सी कान्तिवाले कुण्डलमण्डित कटे हुए मस्तकोंसे यह पृथ्वी ढक गयी थी। उनकी आँखें घूर रही थीं और उन्होंने रोषके कारण अपने ओठोंको दाँतोंसे दबा रखा था
sañjaya uvāca |
mahārāja! tatra raṇabhūmau kupitā yoddhā anyonyena saṃyujya parasparaṃ prahārān kurvāṇāḥ paribhramantaḥ sma ||
udvṛttanayanai roṣāt sandaṣṭauṣṭhapuṭair mukhaiḥ |
sakuṇḍalair mahī channā padmakijjalka-saṃnibhaiḥ ||
kamalakesarakāntivālaiḥ kuṇḍalamaṇḍitaiḥ kaṭitaiḥ mastakaiḥ pṛthivī channābhavat; teṣāṃ netrāṇi ghūrṇamānāni, roṣavaśāc ca dantair oṣṭhau pīḍitau ||
Sanjaya said: O King, there on the battlefield the enraged warriors closed with one another, wheeling about as they struck each other again and again. With eyes rolling in fury and faces biting down upon their lips, the earth became covered with severed heads still adorned with earrings—dark like the pollen-dust of lotuses, yet gleaming with the radiance of lotus-filaments. Their staring eyes and clenched mouths reveal how wrath, once unleashed in war, reduces human dignity to a grim spectacle and turns the field into a testimony of unchecked rage.
संजय उवाच