Shloka 36
अभिमन्युवधः
Abhimanyu’s Fall and the Battlefield Aftermath
मय्येव निपतत्येष सासिरित्यूर्थ्वदृष्टय:
mayy eva nipataty eṣa sāsir ity ūrdhvadṛṣṭyaḥ
サञ्जयは語った。「こやつは我ひとりに向かって落ちてくる——剣を手にして！」そう言って、彼は視線を上へと掲げた。この一句は、戦場の危機が目前に迫る切迫と、戦において暴力を正面から受け止めねばならぬ、逃れ得ぬ個の責任を刻みつける。
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the ethical intensity of war: danger becomes personal and immediate, demanding steadiness and responsibility. It underscores how, in the kṣatriya context, one must face an onrushing threat directly rather than shifting blame or fleeing from one’s appointed duty.
In Sañjaya’s report of the battle, a warrior is described as charging or falling upon someone “with a sword,” while looking upward—an image suggesting a sudden, forceful attack amid the chaos of the Drona Parva fighting.