Shloka 5
Nakula’s Engagement with Citra-sena and Karṇa’s Sons; Śalya Re-stabilizes the Kaurava Host
हयौघान् पादरक्षांश्न रथिनस्तत्र शिक्षिता: । शरै: सम्प्रेषयामासु: परलोकाय भारत,भारत! उस युद्धस्थलमें शिक्षाप्राप्त रथियोंने घुड़सवारों तथा पादरक्षकोंको अपने बाणोंसे मारकर यमलोक भेज दिया
sañjaya uvāca | hayaughān pādarākṣāṁś ca rathinas tatra śikṣitāḥ | śaraiḥ sampreṣayāmāsuḥ paralokāya bhārata ||
ഹേ ഭാരതാ! അവിടെ ആ യുദ്ധഭൂമിയിൽ പരിശീലനം നേടിയ രഥയോദ്ധാക്കൾ അശ്വാരോഹികളുടെ കൂട്ടങ്ങളെയും പാദരക്ഷകരെയും തങ്ങളുടെ അമ്പുകളാൽ വധിച്ച് പരലോകത്തിലേക്ക് അയച്ചു.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how disciplined training (śikṣā) in warfare, when applied in battle, becomes a decisive and deadly force. Ethically, it points to the stark reality of kṣatriya conflict: skill and duty in war lead directly to the taking of life and the irreversible consequence of death (paraloka).
Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that on the battlefield the trained chariot-warriors shot volleys of arrows, killing cavalry and foot-guards and thereby sending them to the afterlife—i.e., they were slain in large numbers.