Shloka 96
अध्याय ९ — कर्णस्य प्रहारः, योधयुग्मनियोजनम्, शैनेय-कैकेययोर्युद्धविन्यासः
ढ्रोणे हते च यद् वृत्तं कौरवाणां परै: सह । संग्रामे नरवीराणां तनन््ममाचक्ष्व संजय
Droṇe hate ca yad vṛttaṃ Kauravāṇāṃ paraiḥ saha | saṅgrāme naravīrāṇāṃ tan mamācakṣva Sañjaya ||
Sinabi ni Vaiśampāyana: “Isalaysay mo sa akin, Sanjaya, ang nangyari matapos mapatay si Drona—kung paano hinarap ng mga Kaurava ang kanilang mga kaaway sa labanan ng mga bayani.”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames a moral-historical inquiry: after a major teacher-warrior (Droṇa) falls, the listener seeks an exact account of consequences. It highlights the epic’s ethical attention to how pivotal deaths reshape duty, resolve, and conduct in war.
Vaiśampāyana prompts Sañjaya to recount the subsequent course of the battle—what the Kauravas and their opponents did and what unfolded among the warriors—specifically after Droṇa’s killing.