Shloka 126
कर्णपर्व — अध्याय ४०
Karṇa’s Pressure on the Pāñcālas; Duryodhana Disabled; Arjuna’s Counter-Advance
काको बहूनामभवदुच्छिष्टकृतभोजन: । उसके जो बहुत-से अल्पवयस्क यशस्वी पुत्र थे, उन सबकी जूठन खानेवाला एक कौआ भी वहाँ रहा करता था
kāko bahūnām abhavad ucchiṣṭa-kṛta-bhojanaḥ |
Sañjaya berkata: Di situ juga ada seekor gagak—yang hidup dengan memakan sisa-sisa makanan ramai orang. Gambaran ini menegaskan suatu kebergantungan yang hina pada lebihan orang lain, seolah-olah melambangkan kejatuhan moral dan sosial di tengah kekacauan yang melingkari.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse uses the crow living on leftovers as a moral image of degradation and dependence—an ethical reminder that disorder and adharma reduce beings to surviving on what is impure or discarded.
Sañjaya describes a scene where even a crow is present, characterized by its habit of feeding on the remnants left by many—an observational detail that intensifies the atmosphere of ruin and neglect around the events being narrated.