Shloka 106
चेष्टन्तो विविधाश्रैष्टा व्यदृश्यन्त महाहवे । कुरुश्रेष्ठ! बाणोंके आघातसे कटे हुए योद्धा उस महासमरमें अनेक प्रकारकी चेष्टाएँ करते और छटपटाते दिखायी देते थे
ceṣṭanto vividhāḥ śreṣṭhā vyadṛśyanta mahāhave | kuruśreṣṭha bāṇānām āghātāt kaṭitā yoddhāḥ tasmin mahāsamare nānāvidhāś ceṣṭāḥ kurvantaḥ chaṭpaṭāyanta iva vyadṛśyanta |
サञ्जयは言った。「おお、クル族の最もすぐれた方よ。あの大合戦において、矢の衝撃に断たれて倒れた第一の勇士たちは、さまざまな不随意の身ぶりを見せ、身をよじり、苦痛のうちにもがきあえいでいるのが見えた。その光景は戦の残酷な代価をあらわにし、強者でさえ無力な苦しみに落とされることを示していた。」
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores the harsh reality and moral weight of war: even the ‘best’ warriors become helpless under violence. It implicitly warns that glory in battle is inseparable from suffering and loss, inviting reflection on responsibility and the consequences of conflict.
Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that, amid the great fighting, warriors struck and cut by arrows were visibly writhing and making varied, involuntary movements on the battlefield—an eyewitness-style depiction of the carnage.