Shloka 41
घटमाना मदर्थेडस्मिन् हता: शूरा जनाधिपा: । शेरते लोहिताक्ताड़्ा: संग्रामे शरविक्षता:,“कितने ही वीर नरेश मेरी विजयके लिये यथाशक्ति चेष्टा करते हुए बाणोंसे क्षत-विक्षत हो मारे जाकर रक्तरंजित शरीरसे संग्रामभूमिमें सो रहे हैं
ghaṭamānā madarthe 'smin hatāḥ śūrā janādhipāḥ | śerate lohitāktāṅgāḥ saṅgrāme śaravikṣatāḥ ||
Sañjaya said: “Striving with all their might for my sake in this battle, many heroic kings have been slain. Their bodies, torn and mangled by arrows and smeared with blood, now lie stretched upon the field of war.”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores the moral weight of kings seeking victory through war: even when warriors act with loyalty and valor, the outcome is bloodshed and death, reminding the listener that triumph is purchased at a grave human cost.
Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that many heroic rulers, fighting earnestly for his side’s success, have been killed; their arrow-torn, blood-smeared bodies now lie on the battlefield.