Shloka 47
शल्यपर्व — चतुर्विंशोऽध्यायः | Śalya Parva, Chapter 24: Disruption of Kaurava Formations and the Elephant Encirclement
वधाय चात्मनो<स्माभि: संयुगं रोचयिष्यति । तदन्तं हि भवेद् वैरमनुमानेन माधव
vadhāya cātmano 'smābhiḥ saṁyugaṁ rocayiṣyati | tadantaṁ hi bhaved vairaṁ anumānena mādhava ||
「そして彼は、自らの死を求めて、われらと戦うことを選ぶであろう。マーダヴァよ、クシャトリヤの武人が速やかに滅ぼされ、陣営のすべてが空となったなら、彼は討たれるためにわれらと刃を交えることを望む。マーダヴァ、わたしの見立てでは、彼の死によってのみこの怨讐は終わる。」
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames the end of a feud (vaira) as hinging on the removal of its principal agent: once the surrounding warriors are destroyed and the situation becomes stark, the remaining adversary seeks a final confrontation leading to his own death, which is seen as the terminus of hostility.
Sañjaya reports a prediction to Mādhava (Kṛṣṇa): after the mass killing of enemy Kṣatriya fighters leaves the camp empty, the key opponent will willingly enter battle with them, effectively choosing a fight that ends in his own death, thereby concluding the long-standing enmity.