Shloka 256
Gadā-yuddhe Bhīma–Duryodhanayoḥ Tumulaḥ Saṃprahāraḥ
Mace-duel’s intense exchange
प्राणान् श्रियं च राज्यं च त्यक्त्वा शेष्यति भूतले । “कुरुराज शान्तनुके कुलका यह जीता-जागता कलंक आज अपने प्राण, लक्ष्मी तथा राज्यको छोड़कर सदाके लिये पृथ्वीपर सो जायगा
prāṇān śriyaṃ ca rājyaṃ ca tyaktvā śeṣyati bhūtale |
Sañjaya disse: “Tendo abandonado a própria vida, a prosperidade e o reino, ele jazerá sobre a terra.” A frase ressalta o colapso moral do orgulho régio na guerra: soberania e fortuna são transitórias, e o fim da ambição movida pelo adharma é a morte e a desonra no campo de batalha.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Worldly power—life, wealth, and sovereignty—is fragile. In the ethical frame of the Mahābhārata, war driven by adharma and pride ends in the loss of everything, reducing even a ruler to lying on the bare earth.
Sañjaya, narrating events to Dhṛtarāṣṭra, foretells or reports the downfall of a royal figure: he will relinquish life, prosperity, and kingship and be left slain or laid low on the battlefield ground.