Shloka 142
Sauptika Parva, Adhyaya 8 — Dhṛṣṭadyumna-vadha and the Camp’s Nocturnal Rout
मुदितानां वितृप्तानां तस्मिन् महति वैशसे । समेतानि बहून्यासन् भूतानि च जनाधिप
sañjaya uvāca |
muditānāṃ vitṛptānāṃ tasmin mahati vaiśase |
sametāni bahūny āsan bhūtāni ca janādhipa ||
サンジャヤは言った。「人の主よ、その大いなる殺戮の場には、猛き異類の群れが数多く集まっていた。彼らは歓喜し、飽き足り、血の惨劇に引き寄せられて、まるでそれを饗宴とするかのようであった。」このくだりは戦の道義的恐怖を示す。暴力は人の死で終わらず、苦しみを悦ぶ残忍な捕食の力を呼び寄せる餌となるのだ。
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the ethical degradation caused by mass violence: slaughter becomes a magnet for cruel, predatory forces that rejoice in suffering, implying that adharma in war has consequences beyond the immediate human conflict.
Sanjaya describes the aftermath/scene of intense killing, where many fearsome beings (bhūtas and similar entities, as elaborated in the surrounding narration) gather at the site, delighted and satisfied by the carnage.