Shloka 40
अजिशीर्षे प्रातःसंध्यायां संग्रामवर्णनम् / Dawn-Transition Battle at Ajiśīrṣa
Chapter 161
हतैश्न हन्यमानैश्व निष्टनद्धिश्ष सर्वश:
hataiś ca hanyamānaiś ca niṣṭanadbhiḥ sarvaśaḥ
サンジャヤは言った。四方から叫びと呻きが起こった――すでに討たれた者からも、なお斬られつつある者からも。かくして戦場はあらゆる方角に苦痛の響きを満たした。この一句は戦の道義的重みを示す。勝利は、死者と瀕死の者に遍在する苦悶と切り離せない。
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the ethical reality of warfare: beyond strategy and heroism, war produces universal suffering—heard in the cries of both the dead and the dying—inviting reflection on dharma, responsibility, and the human cost of violence.
Sañjaya, reporting the battle to Dhṛtarāṣṭra, describes the battlefield filled on all sides with wails and groans coming from those already slain and those in the process of being slain, conveying the chaos and anguish of the ongoing combat.