Shloka 3
Droṇa’s Rebuke to Duryodhana after Jayadratha’s Fall (द्रोणेन दुर्योधनं प्रति प्रत्युक्तिः)
अथवा शून्यमासीत् तत् येन यातः स सात्यकि: । हतभूयिष्ठमथवा येन यातः स सात्यकि:,अथवा जिस मार्गसे सात्यकि आगे बढ़े थे, वह वीरोंसे शून्य तो नहीं हो गया था या वहाँके अधिकांश सैनिक मारे तो नहीं गये थे
athavā śūnyam āsīt tat yena yātaḥ sa sātyakiḥ | hatabhūyiṣṭham athavā yena yātaḥ sa sātyakiḥ ||
अथवा शून्यमासीत् तत् येन यातः स सात्यकिः। हतभूयिष्ठमथवा येन यातः स सात्यकिः॥
घतयाट्र उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even amid necessary warfare, the speaker’s concern highlights ethical awareness of collateral loss—measuring victory not only by movement or success, but by the human cost left in one’s wake.
Ghṛtayaṭra wonders about the condition of the battlefield corridor through which Sātyaki advanced—whether it has become deserted because fighters fled, or because most were killed during his passage.