Shloka 46
अस्त्रयुद्धे द्रौणिपार्थसंघर्षः — Karṇa’s Bhārgavāstra and the Search for Yudhiṣṭhira
Chapter 45
पश्य यूथैर्बहुविधैर्मुगाणां सर्वतोदिशम्,इति श्रीमहाभारते कर्णपर्वणि कर्णशल्यसंवादे षट्चत्वारिंशोडध्याय:
sañjaya uvāca | paśya yūthair bahuvidhair mugāṇāṃ sarvato diśam | iti śrīmahābhārate karṇaparvaṇi karṇaśalya-saṃvāde ṣaṭcatvāriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ ||
Sañjaya berkata: “Lihatlah—di setiap sisi, ke segala arah, terdapat pelbagai kawanan makhluk yang kebingungan, terlalu banyak bilangannya.” Maka berakhirlah bab keempat puluh enam dalam Karna Parva Mahabharata, dalam dialog antara Karna dan Shalya—suatu pengamatan yang menegaskan bahawa perang dan kekeliruan menyebarkan huru-hara ke mana-mana, merendahkan makhluk menjadi gerak berkumpulan yang tidak berdaya, bukan pilihan moral yang jernih.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The line highlights how confusion and moral disorientation can become widespread—especially amid war—so that beings move like herds, driven by fear and impulse rather than discernment (viveka).
Sanjaya, narrating events, calls attention to a scene where many groups of bewildered beings are visible in every direction; the verse also functions as a closing colophon marker for the chapter within the Karna–Shalya dialogue section.