Shloka 35
कृष्णेन अर्जुनस्य प्रोत्साहनम् — Kṛṣṇa’s Exhortation to Arjuna
Prelude to Karṇa’s Slaying
उत्थितान्यगणेयानि कबन्धानि समन्ततः,वहाँ चारों ओर उठे हुए अगणित कबन्ध और रक्त-मांससे तृप्त हुए भूतगण नृत्य कर रहे थे। भारत! ये सब-के-सब रक्त तथा वसा पीकर छके हुए थे
utthitāny agaṇeyāni kabandhāni samantataḥ |
Sinabi ni Sañjaya: “Sa magkabilang panig, di-mabilang na mga punong-katawang walang ulo ang nagsitayô. Sa paligid nila, ang mga pulutong ng mga espiritu—busog sa dugo at laman—ay nagsasayaw sa pagkabaliw. O Bhārata, silang lahat ay lasing na lasing, sapagkat uminom sila ng dugo at taba.”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores the moral and existential cost of war: when slaughter becomes excessive, the battlefield is portrayed as a space where humanity collapses into horror, and ominous, inauspicious forces appear—signaling the karmic weight and ethical degradation tied to mass violence.
Sañjaya describes a gruesome battlefield scene: innumerable headless bodies stand or rise amid the carnage, while supernatural beings (bhūtas) dance, having gorged on blood, flesh, and fat—an ominous depiction intensifying the dread and inauspiciousness of the ongoing combat.