Shloka 104
Sauptika Parva, Adhyaya 8 — Dhṛṣṭadyumna-vadha and the Camp’s Nocturnal Rout
गोत्रनामभिरन्योन्यमाक्रन्दन्त ततो जना: । हाहाकारं च कुर्वाणा: पृथिव्यां शेरते परे
gotranāmabhir anyonyam ākrandanta tato janāḥ | hāhākāraṃ ca kurvāṇāḥ pṛthivyāṃ śerate pare ||
サンジャヤは言った。すると人々は互いに叫び合い、氏族や家の名で呼び交わした。「ああ、ああ！」という凄まじい嘆き声を上げる中、ほかの者たちは大地に散り伏していた——夜の殺戮ののち、恐怖と悲嘆に打ちのめされて。
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the human cost of adharma-driven violence: in the aftermath, social identity (clan names) becomes a desperate means of recognition and survival, while grief and fear reduce people to helpless lamentation—an ethical reminder that cruelty in war devastates both victors and victims.
After the nocturnal slaughter described in the Sauptika Parva, survivors and onlookers cry out, calling to one another by lineage names amid chaos. Many others, overcome by shock and sorrow, lie on the ground wailing.