Shloka 8
Adhyāya 14: Śalya’s Missile-Pressure and the Pāṇḍava Convergence (शल्यस्य शरवर्षम्)
नैतादृशं दृष्टपूर्व राजन् नैव च न श्रुतम्
naitādṛśaṃ dṛṣṭapūrva rājann naiva ca na śrutam
サञ्जयは言った。「王よ、かかることは未だかつて見たこともなく、聞いたことすらない。」この瞬間は前代未聞として語られる。戦の物語の中で、戦場の常道と人の振る舞いの規範が、越えられ、あるいは覆されたかのような、倫理の衝撃である。
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the moral and psychological weight of witnessing extreme events: when actions in war cross familiar boundaries, they are marked as 'unseen and unheard-of,' prompting reflection on how adharma can escalate beyond precedent and how testimony (Sañjaya’s) frames ethical judgment.
Sañjaya reports to King Dhṛtarāṣṭra that what is occurring on the battlefield is unprecedented—something neither seen before nor even heard of—signaling a climactic or shocking turn in the events of the Kurukṣetra war.