Shloka 7
भीमसेनस्य कौरवसुतवधः तथा श्रुतर्वावधः
Slaying of Kaurava princes and the fall of Śrutarvā
विचुक्रुशुः पितृंस्त्वन्ये सहायानपरे पुनः । बान्धवांश्व नरव्याप्र भ्रातृन् सम्बन्धिनस्तथा
vicukruśuḥ pitṝṁs tv anye sahāyān apare punaḥ | bāndhavāṁś ca naravyāghra bhrātṝn sambandhinas tathā ||
Санджая сказал: Одни взывали к отцам, другие — к товарищам. О тигр среди людей, они звали и родичей — братьев и прочих родственников. В хаосе битвы многие, оставив своих там, где те лежали, бежали; и многие великие колесничие, тяжко израненные стрелами Партхи (Арджуны), падали в обморок.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the moral and psychological cost of war: even strong warriors and tightly knit families can be broken by terror and confusion. It implicitly contrasts ideals of steadfast kṣatriya duty and loyalty with the reality that fear can drive people to abandon their own, revealing the fragility of human resolve amid violence.
Sañjaya describes a battlefield scene where soldiers and warriors cry out for fathers, comrades, and relatives. Some flee, leaving their kin behind. Many great chariot-warriors are struck hard by Arjuna’s arrows and begin to faint from their wounds.