Shloka 46
शल्यपर्व — चतुर्विंशोऽध्यायः | Śalya Parva, Chapter 24: Disruption of Kaurava Formations and the Elephant Encirclement
“जनार्दन! उनकी वह बात यथार्थ हो गयी; क्योंकि दुर्योधनके कारण बहुत-से राजा नष्ट हो गये ।। सोउ्द्य सर्वान् रणे योधान् निहनिष्यामि माधव । क्षत्रियेषु हतेष्वाशु शून्ये च शिबिरे कृते
janārdana! tasya sā vāk yathārthābhavat; yato duryodhanakāraṇāt bahavo rājānaḥ naṣṭāḥ. so ’dya sarvān raṇe yodhān nihaniṣyāmi mādhava; kṣatriyeṣu hateṣv āśu śūnye ca śibire kṛte.
ହେ ଜନାର୍ଦନ, ସେମାନଙ୍କ କଥା ଯଥାର୍ଥ ହେଲା; ଦୁର୍ୟୋଧନଙ୍କ କାରଣରେ ଅନେକ ରାଜା ନଷ୍ଟ ହେଲେ। ତେଣୁ ଆଜି, ହେ ମାଧବ, ମୁଁ ରଣରେ ସମସ୍ତ ଯୋଧାଙ୍କୁ ସଂହାର କରିବି; କ୍ଷତ୍ରିୟମାନେ ଶୀଘ୍ର ହତ ହୋଇ ଶିବିର ଶୂନ୍ୟ ହେଲେ, ସେ ଅଧର୍ମର ପରିଣାମ ପ୍ରକଟ ହେବ।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores moral causality in war: collective destruction is traced to a leader’s adharma (here, Duryodhana’s role), and events unfold so that earlier words or warnings become ‘true’ in lived reality. It frames battlefield slaughter not as random, but as the ripening of choices and responsibility.
Sanjaya reports to Dhritarashtra, addressing Krishna by epithets (Janardana, Madhava), that a prior statement has come true: many kings have perished because of Duryodhana. He then describes the resolve to annihilate the warriors in battle, leading to the camp becoming empty—signaling the nearing end of the conflict.