Shloka 36
Ulūpī–Citravāhinī Saṃvāda: Dhanaṃjaya-patana and Prāya-threat
व्यायम्य संयुगे राजा दृष्टवा च पितरं हतम्
Vaiśampāyana uvāca — vyāyamya saṃyuge rājā dṛṣṭvā ca pitaraṃ hatam | rājā babhruvāhanaḥ yuddhasthale mahān vyāyāmaṃ kṛtvā alabhata | sa cārjunabāṇasaṃghātaiḥ pūrvam eva bahuviddhaḥ āsīt | ataḥ pitaraṃ hataṃ dṛṣṭvā sa api yuddhamukhe mūrcchitaḥ papāta, pṛthivīm āliṅgituṃ pravavṛte ||
ໄວສັມປາຍະນະ ກ່າວວ່າ: ພຣະຣາຊາ ບາບຣຸວາຫະນ ໄດ້ອອກແຮງຢ່າງຫນັກໃນສົງຄາມ; ແລະເມື່ອເຫັນພໍ່ຖືກສັງຫານ—ພຣະອົງຜູ້ໄດ້ສູ້ຢ່າງຫນັກໃນສະໜາມ ແລະຖືກລູກສອນຫຼາຍດອກຂອງອາຣຊຸນທໍາໃຫ້ບາດເຈັບຫນັກຢູ່ແລ້ວ—ກໍລົ້ມສະຫຼົບຢູ່ຂອບໜ້າການຮົບ. ຖືກຄວາມຕົກໃຈແລະຄວາມເມື່ອຍລ້າຄອບງໍາ ພຣະອົງລົ້ມລົງ ແລະກອດດິນໄວ້.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The passage highlights the ethical cost of warfare: even when combat follows kṣatriya-dharma, the killing of kin can produce overwhelming remorse and collapse. It implicitly warns that victory in battle does not erase the moral and emotional consequences of violence.
Babhruvāhana has fought strenuously and is already badly wounded by Arjuna’s arrows. When he sees his father slain, he is overcome by shock, faints at the battlefront, falls to the ground, and clings to the earth in grief.