Shloka 4
कर्णनिधनवृत्तान्तनिवेदनम् | Reporting Karṇa’s Fall to Yudhiṣṭhira
अपयातोड<सि कौन्तेय राजा द्रष्टव्य इत्यपि । स राजा भवता दृष्ट: कुशली च युधिषछिर:
sañjaya uvāca | apayāto 'si kaunteya rājā draṣṭavya ity api | sa rājā bhavatā dṛṣṭaḥ kuśalī ca yudhiṣṭhiraḥ ||
Sañjaya berkata: “Wahai putera Kuntī, engkau telah berundur dari medan perang dengan fikiran, ‘Aku mesti melihat raja.’ Kini engkau benar-benar telah melihat raja itu; dan Yudhiṣṭhira selamat serta sejahtera dalam segala hal.”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even amid warfare, responsibility includes attentiveness to leadership and the welfare of one’s own side; the verse highlights disciplined concern—checking on the king’s condition—without abandoning the larger duty of the battle.
Sañjaya reports that Kaunteya (Arjuna) had stepped back from fighting with the intention of seeing King Yudhiṣṭhira; Sañjaya confirms that Arjuna has now seen him and that Yudhiṣṭhira is unharmed and well.