Shloka 47
भीष्मपर्व — अध्याय 54: फल्गुन-प्रतिरोधः, सौबली-व्यूह-विध्वंसः, दुर्योधन-भीष्म-संवादः
कुन्तिभोज श्र चैद्यश्व चक्षुर्भ्या तौ जनेश्वरी । दाशार्णका: प्रभद्राश्ष दाशेरकगणै: सह
Kuntibhojaś ca Caidyaś ca cakṣurbhyāṃ tau janeśvarī | Dāśārṇakāḥ Prabhadrāś ca Dāśerakagaṇaiḥ saha ||
देवी! कुन्तिभोज आणि चैद्य—हे दोन्ही नरेश नेत्रहीन होऊन पडले. दाशार्णक आणि प्रभद्रकही दाशेरकांच्या गणांसह धरणीवर कोसळले.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores the grim moral weight of war: even renowned kings and entire clans are reduced to suffering and ruin, reminding the listener that violence—though undertaken under kṣatriya codes—carries irreversible human cost.
Sañjaya reports to the queen (Gāndhārī) the battlefield outcome: Kuntibhoja and the Cedi king are rendered sightless/struck down, and the Dāśārṇas and Prabhadras fall along with the Dāśeraka contingents—part of the ongoing tally of losses in the Kurukṣetra war.