Shloka 4
प्रह्ृष्टवित्रस्तविषण्णविस्मिता- स्तथा परे शोकहता इवाभवन् । परे त्वदीयाश्व॒ परस्परेण यथायथीषां प्रकृतिस्तथाभवन्
prahṛṣṭavitrastaviṣaṇṇavismitās tathā pare śokahatā ivābhavan | pare tvadīyāś ca paraspareṇa yathāyathīṣāṃ prakṛtis tathābhavan ||
Sinabi ni Sañjaya: May ilan na nagalak, may ilan na nanginig sa takot, may ilan na nalugmok sa panghihina ng loob, at may ilan na namangha; ang iba’y wari’y dinurog ng dalamhati. Ngunit maging ang sariling mga tauhan ng mahal na hari ay nagkanya-kanyang kilos sa isa’t isa—bawat isa ayon sa likas na ugali—na nagpapakita na sa kaguluhan ng digmaan, ang panloob na pagkatao ang humuhubog sa panlabas na asal, kasimbigat ng panig na pinanigan.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights that in war and crisis, people respond according to their innate disposition (prakṛti): joy, fear, despair, amazement, or grief. Ethical judgment and leadership must account for this diversity of temperament rather than assuming uniform courage or loyalty.
Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra the varied emotional reactions among the warriors—some elated, some terrified, some despondent, some astonished, and some grief-stricken—and notes that even within Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s own side, men behaved toward one another differently, each according to his nature.