Shloka 11
कृष्णेन अर्जुनस्य प्रोत्साहनम् — Kṛṣṇa’s Exhortation to Arjuna
Prelude to Karṇa’s Slaying
भिन्नानां चोत्तमाड़ानां बाहूनां चोरुभि: सह । कुण्डलानां प्रवृद्धानां भूषणानां च भारत
bhinnānāṁ cottamāṅgānāṁ bāhūnāṁ corubhiḥ saha | kuṇḍalānāṁ pravṛddhānāṁ bhūṣaṇānāṁ ca bhārata ||
サञ्जयは言った。「おお、バーラタよ。地は斬り落とされた首で満ち、腕や腿も散り、目立つ大きな耳飾りや他の装身具までもが混じっていた。戦場は、抑えきれぬ怒りと対抗心の凄惨な帰結をさらけ出していた——勇も誇りも、ついには命なき断片へと砕け散り、アダルマに駆られた争いが世の栄華をことごとく廃墟へ変えることを戒めていた。」
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores the impermanence of bodily beauty and worldly adornment: in war driven by adharma, even valor and splendor collapse into destruction, urging reflection on restraint, right conduct, and the cost of hatred.
Sañjaya describes the battlefield to Dhṛtarāṣṭra, emphasizing the horrific scene—severed heads, limbs, and scattered ornaments—conveying the scale and brutality of the fighting in the Karṇa Parva.