Shloka 146
अर्जुनस्य शीघ्रप्रयाणं भीम-शकुनियुद्धं च
Arjuna’s Rapid Advance and the Bhīma–Śakuni Encounter
वर्तमाने तथा रौद्रे राजन् वीरवरक्षये । उत्थितान्यगणेयानि कबन्धानि समन्ततः,राजन! जब बड़े-बड़े वीरोंका विनाश करनेवाला वह भीषण संग्राम हो रहा था, उस समय चारों ओर असंख्य कबन्ध खड़े दिखायी देते थे
vartamāne tathā raudre rājan vīravarakṣaye | utthitāny agaṇeyāni kabandhāni samantataḥ ||
Disse Sañjaya: Ó Rei, enquanto aquela batalha terrível—destruidora dos mais eminentes heróis—rugia, viam-se por toda parte incontáveis troncos sem cabeça (kabandhas) erguer-se e permanecer de pé, sombrio sinal do morticínio.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores the moral and existential cost of war: even when framed as heroic conflict, its reality is gruesome destruction, reminding the listener that violence—however justified—produces suffering and loss beyond measure.
Sañjaya reports to King Dhṛtarāṣṭra that as the fierce battle rages and great warriors fall, the field is filled on all sides with innumerable kabandhas—headless bodies—standing or rising amid the carnage.