Mahabharata — Shalya Parva, Shloka 1
शल्यपर्वणि प्रथमाध्यायः — Karṇa-vadha-anantaraṃ Śalya-niyogaḥ, Saṃjayasya Dhṛtarāṣṭra-nivedanam
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janamejaya uvāca | evaṁ nipātite karṇe samare savyasācinā | alpāvaśiṣṭāḥ kuravaḥ kim akurvata vai dvija ||
ພຣະເຈົ້າຊະນະເມຊະຍະ ຕັດຖາມວ່າ: «ໂອ ພຣາຫມັນ! ເມື່ອກັນນະຖືກສະວຽສາຈິນ (ອາຈຸນ) ຟັນລົງໃນສົງຄາມແລ້ວ, ພວກກຸຣຸທີ່ເຫຼືອຢູ່ເພີງນ້ອຍນິດນັ້ນ ໄດ້ເຮັດຫຍັງຕໍ່?»
जनमेजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames an ethical-historical inquiry: after a decisive fall of a great warrior (Karṇa), attention turns to the conduct of the surviving forces. It highlights how outcomes in war immediately test resolve, leadership, and adherence to kṣatriya-dharma amid collapse and fear.
In the frame dialogue, King Janamejaya asks the Brahmin narrator what the remaining Kaurava troops did after Arjuna (Savyasācin) felled Karṇa in battle, setting up the Shalya Parva’s account of the war’s final phase.