Shloka 13
अध्याय २६ — शल्यस्य सारथ्य-नियोजनं, कर्णस्य प्रस्थानं, उत्पातदर्शनं च
Chapter 26: Śalya appointed as charioteer; Karṇa’s departure; portents
सौश्रुते: सशिरस्त्राणं शिर: कायादपाहरत् | त्वरितश्नन्द्रदेव॑ च शरैरनिन्ये यमक्षयम्,फिर सानपर चढ़ाकर तेज किये हुए कई बाणोंसे राजा श्रुतंजयका वध करके सौश्रुतिके शिरस्त्राणसहित सिरको धड़से अलग कर दिया। फिर तुरंत ही चन्द्रदेवको भी अपने बाणोंद्वारा यमलोक पहुँचा दिया
saśruteḥ saśirastrāṇaṃ śiraḥ kāyād apāharat | tvaritaś candradevaṃ ca śarair aninye yamakṣayam ||
Sañjaya said: He struck off the head of Śrutajaya—helmet and all—severing it from the body. Then, without delay, he also dispatched Candradeva to Yama’s imperishable realm by means of his arrows. The verse underscores the relentless, ethically fraught momentum of battle, where prowess and haste eclipse ordinary human restraint and life is treated as something that can be ‘sent’ onward by force.
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