Shloka 29
शल्यपर्वणि प्रथमाध्यायः — Karṇa-vadha-anantaraṃ Śalya-niyogaḥ, Saṃjayasya Dhṛtarāṣṭra-nivedanam
राजानो राजपुत्राश्न सर्वे ते निहता नूप । दुर्योधनो हतो राजा यथोक्तं पाण्डवेन ह
vaiśampāyana uvāca |
rājāno rājaputrāś ca sarve te nihatā nṛpa |
duryodhano hato rājā yathoktaṃ pāṇḍavena ha ||
വൈശമ്പായനൻ പറഞ്ഞു— ഹേ നൃപാ! ആ രാജാക്കളും രാജപുത്രന്മാരും എല്ലാവരും വധിക്കപ്പെട്ടു. പാണ്ഡവൻ പറഞ്ഞതുപോലെ രാജാവ് ദുര്യോധനനും കൊല്ലപ്പെട്ടു.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores the ethical arc of the epic: when rulers and princes pursue power through adharma, the end is collective destruction. The fulfillment of what the Pāṇḍava had declared highlights moral causality—actions in war, especially unjust ones, culminate in inevitable consequences.
Vaiśampāyana reports to the king in the frame narrative that the Kaurava side has been annihilated: the allied kings and princes are dead, and Duryodhana himself has been slain, exactly as previously stated by a Pāṇḍava.