Shloka 7
भीमसेनस्य कौरवसुतवधः तथा श्रुतर्वावधः
Slaying of Kaurava princes and the fall of Śrutarvā
विचुक्रुशुः पितृंस्त्वन्ये सहायानपरे पुनः । बान्धवांश्व नरव्याप्र भ्रातृन् सम्बन्धिनस्तथा
vicukruśuḥ pitṝṁs tv anye sahāyān apare punaḥ | bāndhavāṁś ca naravyāghra bhrātṝn sambandhinas tathā ||
サンジャヤは言った。「ある者は父を呼び、ある者は味方の助けを呼んだ。おお、人中の虎よ。彼らはまた、兄弟や縁者といった親族をも呼び求めた。戦の混乱の中、多くは倒れ伏す身内をその場に捨てて逃げ去り、また多くの大車戦士は、パールタ（アルジュナ）の矢に深手を負って気絶し倒れていった。」
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the moral and psychological cost of war: even strong warriors and tightly knit families can be broken by terror and confusion. It implicitly contrasts ideals of steadfast kṣatriya duty and loyalty with the reality that fear can drive people to abandon their own, revealing the fragility of human resolve amid violence.
Sañjaya describes a battlefield scene where soldiers and warriors cry out for fathers, comrades, and relatives. Some flee, leaving their kin behind. Many great chariot-warriors are struck hard by Arjuna’s arrows and begin to faint from their wounds.