Mahabharata 7.191.1 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 191, Shloka 1
(दाक्षिणात्य अधिक पाठके २ श्लोक मिलाकर कुल ५६ श्लोक हैं।) ऑपन-आ प्रात बछ। अर: 2 एकोननवर्त्याधेकशततमो< ध्याय: धृष्टद्युम्नका दुःशासनको हराकर द्रोणाचार्यपर आक्रमण
sañjaya uvāca | tasmiṁs tathā vartamāne gajāśvanarasaṁkṣaye | duḥśāsano mahārāja dhṛṣṭadyumnam ayodhayat |
సంజయుడు పలికెను—మహారాజా! ఏనుగులు, గుర్రాలు, మనుష్యుల సంహారం జరుగుతున్న ఆ యుద్ధం అలా కొనసాగుతుండగా, దుఃశాసనుడు ధృష్టద్యుమ్నునితో యుద్ధానికి దిగాడు.
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The verse underscores the dehumanizing momentum of war: as the battle ‘proceeds’ it becomes a generalized slaughter of all combat resources—elephants, horses, and men—while individual duels continue within that larger devastation. Ethically, it frames how personal enmities and martial duty operate inside a wider collapse of life.
Sanjaya reports to King Dhritarashtra that, amid the ongoing carnage on the battlefield, the Kaurava warrior Duhshasana directly engages the Pandava commander Dhrishtadyumna in combat.
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