Shloka 19
Droṇa-parva Adhyāya 114 — Karṇa–Bhīmasena Missile Exchange, Disarmament, and Arjuna’s Intervention
अथ यान् रथिनो राजन् सहस्रमनुपश्यसि
atha yān rathino rājan sahasram anupaśyasi
अथ यान् रथिनो राजन् सहस्रमनुपश्यसि ॥
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the king’s role as a witness to the consequences of war: numbers and martial display are presented through Sañjaya’s narration, implicitly reminding that royal ambition and attachment lead to vast mobilization and suffering, for which rulers bear moral responsibility.
Sañjaya addresses Dhṛtarāṣṭra and begins to identify or describe a large group—‘a thousand chariot-warriors’—that the king is (through Sañjaya’s report) being made to ‘see’ on the battlefield, setting up further details about who they are and what they do.