Shloka 11
कृष्णेन अर्जुनस्य प्रोत्साहनम् — Kṛṣṇa’s Exhortation to Arjuna
Prelude to Karṇa’s Slaying
भिन्नानां चोत्तमाड़ानां बाहूनां चोरुभि: सह । कुण्डलानां प्रवृद्धानां भूषणानां च भारत
bhinnānāṁ cottamāṅgānāṁ bāhūnāṁ corubhiḥ saha | kuṇḍalānāṁ pravṛddhānāṁ bhūṣaṇānāṁ ca bhārata ||
Sañjaya berkata: “Wahai Bhārata, tanah itu bertaburan kepala-kepala yang terpenggal, juga lengan dan paha, bersama subang besar yang menonjol serta perhiasan lain. Medan perang menampakkan akibat ngeri amarah dan perseteruan yang tidak terkawal—di mana keberanian dan keangkuhan sama-sama menjadi serpihan tidak bernyawa, memberi amaran bahawa konflik yang digerakkan oleh adharma menukar segala kemegahan dunia menjadi kebinasaan.”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores the impermanence of bodily beauty and worldly adornment: in war driven by adharma, even valor and splendor collapse into destruction, urging reflection on restraint, right conduct, and the cost of hatred.
Sañjaya describes the battlefield to Dhṛtarāṣṭra, emphasizing the horrific scene—severed heads, limbs, and scattered ornaments—conveying the scale and brutality of the fighting in the Karṇa Parva.