Shloka 303
कर्णभीमसेनयुद्धम् | Karṇa–Bhīmasena Engagement
Chapter 111
घटोत्कचेन वीरेण हत: शालकटड्कट: । वीर घटोत्कचके द्वारा मारे गये शालकटंकटाके पुत्र अलम्बुषके सारे अंग फट गये थे। उसकी हडियाँ चूर-चूर हो गयी थीं और वह बड़ा भयंकर दिखायी देता था
sañjaya uvāca | ghaṭotkacena vīreṇa hataḥ śālakaṭaṅkaṭaḥ |
सञ्जय उवाच—घटोत्कचेन वीरेण हतः शालकटङ्कटः। तस्य पुत्रोऽलम्बुषोऽपि निहतः; सर्वाङ्गाणि विदीर्णानि, अस्थीनि चूर्णितानि, स घोररूपो बभूव॥
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even when framed as heroic duty, war’s ‘success’ is inseparable from destruction; the epic repeatedly invites reflection on how dharma becomes strained when victory is purchased through escalating violence and suffering.
Sañjaya reports a battlefield event: Ghaṭotkaca, fighting as a formidable warrior, slays the combatant named Śālakaṭaṅkaṭa, marking another lethal turn in the Drona Parva’s intense engagements.