Shloka 3
अध्याय ९ — दुर्योधनस्य अन्त्यावस्था, विलापः, तथा सौप्तिक-प्रतिवृत्तम्
Duryodhana’s Final Condition, Lamentation, and the Night’s Report
त॑ भग्नसक्थं राजेन्द्र कृच्छुप्राणमचेतसम् । वमन्तं रुचिरं वक्त्रादपश्यन् वसुधातले
taṁ bhagnasakthaṁ rājendra kṛcchuprāṇam acetasaṁ | vamantaṁ ruciraṁ vaktrād apaśyan vasudhātale ||
तं भग्नसक्थं राजेन्द्र कृच्छुप्राणमचेतसम् । वमन्तं रुचिरं वक्त्रादपश्यन् वसुधातले ॥
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores the stark moral and existential cost of adharma-driven conflict: royal power and pride culminate in bodily ruin and helplessness, reminding the listener that violence rebounds as suffering and that worldly splendour cannot shield one from the consequences of war.
Sanjaya reports to the king that the fallen warrior is seen on the ground with a shattered thigh, barely breathing and not fully conscious, vomiting—an immediate, graphic depiction of the battlefield’s aftermath that sets the grim tone for the events leading into the Sauptika episode.