Shloka 1
अकाल पञ्चदशो<् ध्याय: दुर्योधन और धृष्टद्युम्नका एवं अर्जुन और अभश्व॒त्थामाका तथा शल्यके साथ नकुल और सात्यकि आदिका घोर सग्राम संजय उवाच दुर्योधनो महाराज धृष्टय्युम्नश्न पार्षत: । चक्रतुः सुमहद् युद्ध शरशक्तिसमाकुलम्
sañjaya uvāca | duryodhano mahārāja dhṛṣṭadyumnaś ca pārṣataḥ | cakratuḥ sumahad yuddhaṃ śaraśaktisamākulam ||
Wika ni Sañjaya: O Hari, si Duryodhana at si Dhṛṣṭadyumna, anak ni Pārṣata (Drupada), ay nagharap sa isang napakalaking labanan—siksik sa mga palaso at sibat. Inilalarawan ng taludtod ang digmaan bilang isang nakalulunod na banggaan ng mga pinuno, kung saan ang personal na alitan at ambisyong panghari ang nagtutulak sa karahasang lumalamon sa lahat, at sumusubok sa tibay ng budhi ng mga saksi at kalahok.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how war, once unleashed by ambition and enmity, becomes a consuming force—"crowded with arrows and spears"—that overwhelms individuals and tests dharma. It implicitly warns that leadership choices can intensify collective suffering, even when framed as kṣatriya duty.
Sanjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that Duryodhana and Dhṛṣṭadyumna have entered into a fierce, large-scale duel or engagement, characterized by heavy missile warfare (arrows and spears), signaling the intensity of the fighting in this phase of the Shalya Parva.