Shloka 10
कर्णार्जुनसमागमः — The Karṇa–Arjuna Confrontation
Cosmic Spectatorship and Vows
तब अर्जुनने उस महामनस्वी वीरके समस्त घोड़ोंको मारकर समरभूमिमें खूनकी नदी- सी बहा दी ।। सर्वलोकवहां रौद्रां परलोकवहां नदीम् । सरथान् रथिन: सर्वान् पार्थचापच्युतै: शरै:
sarvalokavahāṁ raudrāṁ paralokavahāṁ nadīm | sa-rathān rathinaḥ sarvān pārtha-cāpa-cyutaiḥ śaraiḥ ||
サञ्जयは言った。パールタの弓から放たれた矢によって、アルジュナは戦車の武者たちを戦車もろとも討ち倒し、その戦場に凄惨な「血の川」を現した――それは人々をこの世からさらい、彼岸へと運ぶ川であった。この詩句は、戦の恐るべき道徳的重みを示す。武と義務は暴力によって遂げられ、その帰結は死と、生を越える渡りである。
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the grave ethical reality of righteous war: even when performed as a warrior’s duty, combat produces irreversible suffering and death, symbolized by a ‘river’ that sweeps beings from this world to the next.
Sañjaya describes Arjuna’s devastating assault: with arrows shot from his bow, he destroys the chariot-warriors along with their chariots, creating a horrific scene likened to a blood-river on the battlefield.