Shloka 10
Āśramāgamanam — The Pāṇḍavas Arrive at Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Hermitage
जारासंधिर्भगदत्तो जलसंधश्च वीर्यवान् भूरिश्रवा: शल: शल्यो वृषसेनश्व॒ सानुज:,कर्ण, दुर्योधन, महारथी शकुनि, धूृतराष्ट्रके पुत्र महाबली दुःशासन आदि, जरासन्धकुमार सहदेव, भगदत्त, पराक्रमी जलसन्ध, भूरिश्रवा, शल, शल्य, भाइयोंसहित वृषसेन, राजकुमार लक्ष्मण, धृष्टद्युम्नके पुत्र, शिखण्डीके सभी पुत्र, भाइयोंसहित धुृष्टकेतु, अचल, वृषक, राक्षस अलायुध, राजा बाह्लिक, सोमदत्त और चेकितान--ये तथा दूसरे बहुत-से क्षत्रियवीर, जो संख्यामें अधिक होनेके कारण नाम लेकर नहीं बताये गये हैं, सभी देदीप्यमान शरीर धारण करके उस जलसे प्रकट हुए
vaiśampāyana uvāca | jarāsaṃdhir bhagadatto jalasaṃdhaś ca vīryavān bhūriśravāḥ śalaḥ śalyo vṛṣasenaś ca sānujaḥ karṇaḥ duryodhano mahārathaḥ śakuniḥ dhṛtarāṣṭrasya putro mahābalī duḥśāsana ādayaḥ jarāsaṃdhakumāraḥ sahadevaḥ bhagadattaḥ parākrāmī jalasaṃdhaḥ bhūriśravāḥ śalaḥ śalyaḥ bhrātṛbhiḥ saha vṛṣasenaḥ rājakumāraḥ lakṣmaṇaḥ dhṛṣṭadyumnasya putrāḥ śikhaṇḍinaḥ sarve putrāḥ bhrātṛbhiḥ saha dhṛṣṭaketuḥ acalaḥ vṛṣakaḥ rākṣasaḥ alāyudhaḥ rājā bāhlikaḥ somadattaḥ cekitānaḥ—ete ca anye bahavaḥ kṣatriyavīrāḥ saṃkhyāyāṃ bahutvān nāmnā na nirdiṣṭāḥ sarve dīdipyamānaśarīrāḥ taṃ jalāt prādurabhavan |
Vaiśampāyana disse: Jarāsandha, Bhagadatta, o poderoso Jalasaṃdha, Bhūriśravā, Śala, Śalya, Vṛṣasena com seus irmãos, Karṇa, Duryodhana, grande guerreiro de carro, Śakuni, e o imensamente forte Duḥśāsana e os demais filhos de Dhṛtarāṣṭra; Sahadeva, filho de Jarāsandha; Bhagadatta; o valente Jalasaṃdha; Bhūriśravā; Śala; Śalya; Vṛṣasena com seus irmãos; o príncipe Lakṣmaṇa; os filhos de Dhṛṣṭadyumna; todos os filhos de Śikhaṇḍin; Dhṛṣṭaketu com seus irmãos; Acala; Vṛṣaka; o rākṣasa Alāyudha; o rei Bāhlika; Somadatta; e Cekitāna—estes e muitos outros heróis kṣatriya, numerosos demais para serem nomeados um a um, surgiram todos daquela água, portando corpos radiantes.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the Mahābhārata’s ethical complexity: warriors who died in the catastrophic war are shown reappearing with luminous bodies, suggesting that dharma and karmic outcome operate on levels beyond immediate battlefield judgments, and that death does not end moral reckoning or cosmic order.
Vaiśampāyana lists many prominent warriors—Kaurava allies and others—who are said to manifest from the water with shining bodies. The catalogue emphasizes the vast scale of the war’s losses and frames a visionary moment in which the fallen are seen again in a transformed state.