Shloka 17
Abhimanyunidhana-prakāśaḥ — Vasudeva–Kṛṣṇa–Subhadrā–Kuntī śoka-saṃvāda
Disclosure and Consolation
तस्मिंस्ते पृथिवीपाला द्रोणपार्षतसंगरे । नानादिगागता वीरा: प्रायशो निधनं गता:,धृष्टद्युम्न और द्रोणके उस भीषण संग्राममें नाना दिशाओंसे आये हुए भूपाल अधिक संख्यामें मारे गये
tasmiṁs te pṛthivīpālā droṇapārṣata-saṅgare | nānā-dig-āgatā vīrāḥ prāyaśo nidhanaṁ gatāḥ ||
ヴァースデーヴァは語った。「ドローナとパールシャタの子（ドリシュタデュムナ）とのあの凄惨な戦いにおいて、四方から集った多くの武勇の王たちは、夥しい数で命を落とした。」この詩句は、戦の代償がいかに広く、また容赦なく無差別であるかを示す。遠方より招かれた支配者でさえ暴力の奔流に呑まれ、かかる争いを起こし、あるいは支え続ける者が負う倫理の重さを聴く者に思い起こさせるのである。
वासुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the moral gravity and vast human cost of war: even powerful kings from many lands are swept into destruction. It implicitly cautions that martial glory is inseparable from widespread suffering and loss, urging reflection on responsibility and restraint.
Vāsudeva recalls the fierce confrontation involving Droṇa and Dhṛṣṭadyumna (called Pārṣata). In that conflict, numerous warrior-kings who had assembled from different directions were killed in large numbers.