Shloka 6
दुर्योधनकवचविमर्शः
Duryodhana’s Armor and the Tactical Reassessment
रथाश्वनरनागानां प्रवृत्तमधरोत्तरम् । क्रव्यादानां प्रमोदार्थ यमराष्ट्रविवृद्धये,मांसभक्षी प्राणियोंके आनन्द और यमराजके राज्यकी वृद्धिके लिये रथ, घोड़े, मनुष्य और हाथियोंके नीचे-ऊपरके ओषछ्ठ फड़कने लगे
sañjaya uvāca | rathāśvanaranāgānāṃ pravṛttam adharottaram | kravyādānāṃ pramodārthaṃ yamarāṣṭravivṛddhaye |
Sañjaya berkata: “Dalam pertempuran itu, hiruk-pikuk bangkit dan surut bagaikan gelombang di tengah kereta perang, kuda, manusia, dan gajah—suatu goncangan yang seolah-olah menggembirakan para pemakan daging dan pemakan bangkai, serta membesarkan lagi wilayah kekuasaan Yama, tuan kematian.”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores the moral cost of war: mass violence does not merely decide victory and defeat; it feeds death itself (Yama’s realm) and invites scavengers, highlighting impermanence and the karmic gravity of slaughter.
Sañjaya describes the battlefield’s surging commotion among chariots, horses, warriors, and elephants. The scale of carnage is implied by the presence and ‘delight’ of carrion-eaters and by the metaphor that Yama’s dominion is being enlarged.