Shloka 44
Droṇa’s Rebuke to Duryodhana after Jayadratha’s Fall (द्रोणेन दुर्योधनं प्रति प्रत्युक्तिः)
पाण्डवानां महाबाहो तावकानां च संयुगे । रुद्रस्याक्रीडसदृश: संहार: सर्वदेहिनाम्,राजन! महाबाहो! फिर तो वहाँ युद्धस्थलमें पाण्डवों तथा आपके सैनिकोंमें महान् रोमांचकारी संग्राम होने लगा। जो रुद्रकी क्रीडाभूमि (श्मशानके सदृश) सम्पूर्ण देहधारियोंके लिये संहारका स्थान बन गया था
pāṇḍavānāṃ mahābāho tāvakānāṃ ca saṃyuge | rudrasyākrīḍasadṛśaḥ saṃhāraḥ sarvadehinām, rājan |
Sañjaya berkata: Wahai raja yang berlengan perkasa, dalam pertempuran antara para Pāṇḍava dan bala tuanku, medan itu menjadi seperti gelanggang permainan Rudra—tempat pemusnahan bagi semua yang berbadan. Pertempuran memuncak menjadi pembantaian yang mengerikan, melahap segalanya, seolah-olah bumi itu medan pembakaran mayat tempat nyawa ditebas tanpa memilih.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores the ethical horror of war: once violence escalates, the battlefield becomes an indiscriminate ‘saṃhāra’ for all embodied beings. By invoking Rudra, it frames mass death as a cosmic, terrifying force that overwhelms personal claims and attachments.
Sañjaya reports to King Dhṛtarāṣṭra that the clash between the Pāṇḍavas and the Kaurava troops has intensified into a dreadful slaughter. The battlefield is compared to Rudra’s ‘playground,’ suggesting a cremation-ground-like scene of widespread killing.