Shloka 13
Gāndhārī’s Battlefield Survey: The Fallen and the Onset of Funeral Rites (शल्य-भगीरथ-भीष्म-द्रोणादि-दर्शनम्)
योधयित्वा महाबाहुरेष पार्थ धनंजयम् | संशयं गमयित्वा च कुन्तीपुत्रेण पातित:,उन महाबाहुने कुन्तीकुमार धनंजयके साथ युद्ध करके उन्हें संशयमें डाल दिया था; परंतु अन्तमें ये उन कुन्तीकुमारके ही हाथसे मारे गये
vaiśampāyana uvāca | yodhayitvā mahābāhur eṣa pārtha dhanañjayam | saṁśayaṁ gamayitvā ca kuntīputreṇa pātitaḥ ||
Vaiśampāyana said: Having fought with Pārtha Dhanañjaya (Arjuna), this mighty-armed warrior threw him into doubt and uncertainty; yet in the end he was struck down by that very son of Kuntī. The verse underscores a grim ethical irony of war: even when a combatant can unsettle a righteous hero’s resolve, the moral order of the battlefield still culminates in the inevitable consequence of one’s chosen hostility.
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