Shloka 3
कर्णनिधनवृत्तान्तनिवेदनम् | Reporting Karṇa’s Fall to Yudhiṣṭhira
न हि पश्यामि योद्धव्यं त्वया किज्चिद् धनंजय । ते ग्रस्ता धार्तराष्ट्रा हि भीमसेनेन धीमता
sañjaya uvāca |
na hi paśyāmi yoddhavyaṃ tvayā kiñcid dhanañjaya |
te grastā dhārtarāṣṭrā hi bhīmasenena dhīmatā ||
Sañjaya berkata: “Wahai Dhanañjaya, aku tidak melihat masih ada sesuatu pun di sini untuk engkau perangi. Kerana putera-putera Dhṛtarāṣṭra telah pun ditelan—seakan-akan oleh Maut sendiri—oleh Bhīmasena yang bijaksana dan perkasa.”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores the overwhelming momentum of consequences in war: when destruction becomes inevitable, individual heroism can be rendered moot. It also highlights Bhīma’s decisive agency and the grim ethical atmosphere of Kurukṣetra, where victory is portrayed as the ‘swallowing’ of opponents by death-like force.
Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that Arjuna (Dhanañjaya) seemingly has little left to fight, because Bhīma has already devastated the Kaurava forces—the Dhārtarāṣṭras—so thoroughly that they are described as already consumed.