Shloka 29
शल्यपर्व — चतुर्विंशोऽध्यायः | Śalya Parva, Chapter 24: Disruption of Kaurava Formations and the Elephant Encirclement
भगदत्ते हते शूरे काम्बोजे च सुदारुणे | दुःशासने च निहते नैवाशाम्यत वैशसम्,“भगदत्त, शूरवीर काम्बोजराज सुदक्षिण तथा अत्यन्त दारुण दुःशासनके मारे जानेपर भी कौरवोंकी युद्ध-पिपासा शान्त नहीं हुई
bhagadatte hate śūre kāmboje ca sudāruṇe | duḥśāsane ca nihate naivāśāmyata vaiśasam ||
ಸಂಜಯನು ಹೇಳಿದನು— “ಶೂರನಾದ ಭಗದತ್ತನು ಹತನಾದರೂ, ಅತಿದಾರುಣನಾದ ಕಾಂಬೋಜರಾಜ ಸುದಕ್ಷಿಣನು ಕೊಲ್ಲಲ್ಪಟ್ಟರೂ, ದುಃಶಾಸನನು ಪತನವಾದರೂ ಈ ಸಂಹಾರ ಶಮನವಾಗಲಿಲ್ಲ; ಕೌರವರ ಯುದ್ಧಪಿಪಾಸೆ ತಣಿಯಲಿಲ್ಲ.”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how violence rooted in adharma can become self-perpetuating: even severe losses and the deaths of major warriors do not necessarily awaken restraint. Ethical collapse in war can harden resolve rather than produce repentance.
Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that despite the deaths of prominent Kaurava allies and leaders—Bhagadatta, the Kāmboja king Sudakṣiṇa, and Duḥśāsana—the Kaurava side remains unappeased; their appetite for battle and slaughter continues.