Shloka 42
धृतराष्ट्रविलापः — Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Lament and Inquiry (Śalya-parva, Adhyāya 2)
एते चान्ये च बहव: कृतास्त्रा युद्धदुर्मदा: । राजानो राजतपूुत्रा श्न शूरा: परिघबाहव:
ete cānye ca bahavaḥ kṛtāstrā yuddha-durmadāḥ | rājāno rāja-putrāś ca śūrāḥ parigha-bāhavaḥ ||
Sinabi ni Dhṛtarāṣṭra: “At marami pang iba—mga hari at mga prinsipe—na ganap na sanay sa paggamit ng mga sandata, lasing sa pagmamataas ng digmaan, mga bayani na ang mga bisig ay tila mga pamalong bakal.”
धघतयाट्र उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how martial skill and royal status can be accompanied by war-pride (durmada). It implicitly warns that prowess without restraint and ethical clarity can become a force of destruction, not protection—an important tension in kṣatriya-dharma.
Dhṛtarāṣṭra is describing the formidable composition of the warriors—many kings and princes, expert in weapons and eager for battle—emphasizing the scale and intensity of the conflict as Shalya Parva begins.