Shloka 38
कर्णनिधनश्रवणम् — Hearing of Karṇa’s Fall and Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Lament
गोकुले नित्यसंवृद्धा युद्धे परमकोपना: । ते&पावृत्तकवीराश्व निहता: सव्यसाचिना
gokule nityasaṁvṛddhā yuddhe paramakopanāḥ | te 'pāvṛttakavīrāśvā nihatāḥ savyasācinā ||
Wika ni Sañjaya: “Ang mga pastol ng baka, na lumaki sa Gokula, ay lumaban nang may sukdulang poot. Bagaman sila’y mga taong hindi natutong tumalikod sa digmaan, sila man ay napatay ni Arjuna, ang mamamanang bihasa sa dalawang kamay.”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores the grim impartiality of war: even those famed for courage and steadfastness—men who do not retreat—can be cut down when confronted by superior skill and destiny. Valor alone does not guarantee survival; the battlefield tests and overturns worldly identities (even ‘cowherds’ become fierce combatants).
Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that the gopālas associated with Gokula, though raised as cowherds and fighting with intense anger and without retreat, have been slain by Arjuna (Savyasācin).