Shloka 11
कर्णपर्व — अध्याय ५७
Arjuna’s targeted advance; Śalya–Karṇa dialogue; interception attempts
पश्य भारत चापानि रुक्मपृष्ठानि धन्विनाम् | मृतानामपविद्धानि कलापांश्व महाधनान्,“भरतनन्दन! देखो, मरे हुए धनुर्धरोंके ये सोनेके पृष्ठभागवाले धनुष और बहुमूल्य तरकस फेंके पड़े हैं
paśya bhārata cāpāni rukmapṛṣṭhāni dhanvinām | mṛtānām apaviddhāni kalāpāṁś ca mahādhanān ||
โอ ภารตะ จงดู—คันธนูของเหล่านักธนูที่ด้านหลังประดับทองนั้น ถูกทอดทิ้งไว้เมื่อเจ้าของล้มตายแล้ว และแลเห็นแล้วยังมีแล่งลูกศรอันล้ำค่าถูกโยนทิ้งเกลื่อนกลาด
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores impermanence and the moral cost of war: even magnificent, expensive weapons become meaningless when their owners are dead, urging reflection on how attachment to power and possessions collapses before death and the consequences of violent conflict.
Sañjaya, narrating the battlefield to Dhṛtarāṣṭra, points out the abandoned gold-adorned bows and valuable quivers of fallen archers, emphasizing the scale of death and the desolation left by the fighting.