Shloka 2736
हतं शिखण्डिना श्रुत्वा न विदीर्येत यन्मन: । “हाय! इस पृथ्वीपर बलमें जिसकी समानता करनेवाला दूसरा कोई नहीं है, उसीको शिखण्डीके हाथसे मारा गया सुनकर आज मेरी छाती क्यों नहीं फट जाती
hataṁ śikhaṇḍinā śrutvā na vidīryeta yan manaḥ |
ヴァイシャンパーヤナは言った。「彼がシカンディンに討たれたと聞いて、誰の心が裂けずにいられようか。ああ——この大地において力に比肩する者なきその人が、シカンディンの手で殺されたと聞くのに、なぜ今日、我が胸は張り裂けぬのか。」
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the moral shock that arises when an unmatched warrior falls through a contested or indirect agency, prompting reflection on the fragility of worldly power and the complex workings of dharma and fate in war.
Vaiśampāyana expresses overwhelming grief and disbelief upon hearing that the great, unequalled warrior (implicitly Bhīṣma in the wider episode) was killed through Śikhaṇḍin’s involvement, lamenting that such news should make one’s heart and chest split.