Shloka 29
Duryodhana-śibira-praveśaḥ — The Pāṇḍavas Enter the Kaurava Camp; The Burning of Arjuna’s Chariot
घातयित्वा महीपालानूजुयुद्धानू सहस्रश:
ghātayitvā mahīpālān ṛjuyuddhān sahasraśaḥ
സഞ്ജയൻ പറഞ്ഞു—ഋജുവായി, മുഖാമുഖം യുദ്ധം ചെയ്ത സഹസ്രക്കണക്കിന് രാജാക്കളെ വധിപ്പിച്ച ശേഷം (അവൻ/അവർ) മുന്നോട്ട് നീങ്ങി।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the moral gravity of warfare: even combatants who follow the code of fair, direct battle (ṛjuyuddha) are destroyed in vast numbers, reminding the listener that adherence to rules does not remove the tragic cost of violence.
Sanjaya, as narrator, reports that thousands of kings—described as straightforward, fair fighters—have been slain, emphasizing the scale and severity of the ongoing conflict in the Shalya Parva battle account.