Shloka 193
तानन्ये समरे योधा: प्रेषयन्तो यमक्षयम् | नरेश्वर! नींदसे बेसुध होनेके कारण वे किसी भी चेष्टाको समझ नहीं पाते थे और उन्हें दूसरे योद्धा समरांगणमें यमलोक भेज देते थे
sañjaya uvāca | tān anye samare yodhāḥ preṣayanto yamakṣayam |
सञ्जय उवाच—तान् अन्ये समरे योधाः प्रेषयन्तो यमक्षयम्। नरेश्वर, निद्रावशात् मूढचेतसः ते न काञ्चन चेष्टां प्रत्यबुध्यन्त; तान् परैः समराङ्गणे निहत्य यमलोकं प्रापयन्ति स्म।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the harsh moral reality of warfare: loss of alertness and discernment (here, being overcome by sleep and senselessness) makes one vulnerable, and in battle such weakness is swiftly punished. It implicitly values vigilance and readiness as part of kṣatriya conduct.
Sañjaya describes a moment in the fighting where some combatants, rendered helpless and unable to respond, are cut down by other warriors and thus ‘sent’ to Yama’s realm—an idiom for being killed on the battlefield.