Shloka 16
अध्याय ९ — दुर्योधनस्य अन्त्यावस्था, विलापः, तथा सौप्तिक-प्रतिवृत्तम्
Duryodhana’s Final Condition, Lamentation, and the Night’s Report
भयान्नमन्ति राजानो यस्य सम शतसंघश: । स वीरशयमने शेते क्रव्याद्धि: परिवारित:,जिनके आगे सैकड़ों राजा भयसे सिर झुकाते थे, वे ही आज हिंसक जन्तुओंसे घिरे हुए वीर-शय्यापर सो रहे हैं
bhayān namanti rājāno yasya samaśatasaṅghaśaḥ | sa vīraśayane śete kravyāddhiḥ parivāritaḥ ||
ज्याच्या पुढे शेकडो राजे भयाने मस्तक झुकवीत, तोच आज वीर-शय्येवर मांसभक्षक जनावरांनी वेढलेला पडला आहे.
कृप उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the impermanence of worldly power and the ethical horror of war: those once feared and honored can quickly become helpless bodies on the battlefield, exposed to indignity and decay.
Kṛpa laments the fallen warrior(s) after the night of slaughter, contrasting their former majesty—before whom many kings bowed—with their present state: lying on the battlefield, surrounded by scavengers.