Shloka 9
मौसलपर्व — अध्याय ८
Arjuna’s evacuation of Dvārakā, Vasudeva’s rites, and the caravan’s crisis
बभूव वीरान्तकर: प्रभासे लोमहर्षण: । ब्राह्मणोंके शापसे मौसलयुद्धमें वृष्णिवंशी वीरोंका विनाश हो गया। बड़े-बड़े वीरोंका अन्त कर देनेवाला वह रोमाज्चकारी संग्राम प्रभासक्षेत्रमें घटित हुआ था ।। एते शूरा महात्मान: सिंहदर्पा महाबला:
babhūva vīrāntakaraḥ prabhāse lomaharṣaṇaḥ | brāhmaṇānāṃ śāpena mausala-yuddhe vṛṣṇivaṃśī-vīrāṇāṃ vināśo 'bhavat | baḍe-baḍe vīrāṇām antaṃ karoti sma sa romāñcakārī saṅgrāmaḥ prabhāsa-kṣetre ghaṭitaḥ || ete śūrā mahātmānaḥ siṃha-darpā mahābalāḥ ||
アルジュナは言った。「プラバーサにおいて、身の毛もよだつ戦いが起こり、強大な英雄たちさえ終焉へと追いやられた。バラモンたちの呪詛によって、ヴリシュニ（Vṛṣṇi）族の戦士はマウサラの争いで滅びたのだ。大いなる勇者をも討ち果たし得る、その畏るべき戦は、聖地プラバーサの地で生起した。彼らは勇敢で、魂高く、獅子のごとく誇り高く、並外れて強かった。」
अर्जुन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even the strongest and most celebrated warriors are subject to moral causality: when a community incurs a brāhmaṇa-śāpa through adharma, the result can be collective ruin. The passage underscores impermanence and the ethical weight of actions over mere power.
Arjuna recounts the catastrophic internecine conflict at Prabhāsa in which the Vṛṣṇi-line heroes annihilated one another in the Mausala-yuddha, a destruction triggered by a brāhmaṇas’ curse. He emphasizes the battle’s terrifying intensity and the stature of those who perished.