Shloka 46
अस्त्रयुद्धे द्रौणिपार्थसंघर्षः — Karṇa’s Bhārgavāstra and the Search for Yudhiṣṭhira
Chapter 45
पश्य यूथैर्बहुविधैर्मुगाणां सर्वतोदिशम्,इति श्रीमहाभारते कर्णपर्वणि कर्णशल्यसंवादे षट्चत्वारिंशोडध्याय:
sañjaya uvāca | paśya yūthair bahuvidhair mugāṇāṃ sarvato diśam | iti śrīmahābhārate karṇaparvaṇi karṇaśalya-saṃvāde ṣaṭcatvāriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ ||
サンジャヤは言った。「見よ——四方八方、あらゆる方角に、惑乱した生きものの群れが、さまざまな姿で数多くいる。」かくして『マハーバーラタ』カルナ・パルヴァにおけるカルナとシャリヤの対話、第四十六章は終わる——戦と迷妄がいたる所に混乱を広げ、衆生を明晰な道義の選択ではなく、無力な群れの動きへと落とし込むことを示す観察である。
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The line highlights how confusion and moral disorientation can become widespread—especially amid war—so that beings move like herds, driven by fear and impulse rather than discernment (viveka).
Sanjaya, narrating events, calls attention to a scene where many groups of bewildered beings are visible in every direction; the verse also functions as a closing colophon marker for the chapter within the Karna–Shalya dialogue section.