Shloka 13
भरतवंशियोंके दूसरे-दूसरे बहुसंखयक महारथी भी भयभीत, लज्जित और अचेत होकर शिबिरकी ओर दौड़े ।। असृक् क्षरन्तः सोद्धिग्ना वेपमानास्तथातुरा: । कुरवो दुद्रुवु: सर्वे दृष्टवा कर्ण निपातितम्,कर्णको मारा गया देख सभी कौरव-सैनिक खून बहाते और काँपते हुए उद्विग्न तथा आतुर होकर छावनीकी ओर भागने लगे
asṛk kṣarantaḥ soddignā vepamānās tathāturāḥ | kuravo dudruvuḥ sarve dṛṣṭvā karṇa-nipātitam ||
संजय म्हणाला—कर्ण पडलेला पाहताच सर्व कौरव रक्त सांडत, उद्विग्न, थरथरत व व्याकुळ होऊन छावणीकडे पळून गेले।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how quickly collective courage collapses when a central pillar of leadership falls. In the ethical frame of the epic, it contrasts the ideal of steadfast kṣatriya resolve with the human reality of fear, showing that attachment to a single champion can weaken an army’s inner discipline.
Sañjaya reports that after Karṇa is seen felled, the Kaurava warriors become alarmed and distressed; many are bleeding and trembling, and they flee toward their camp in disorder.