Shloka 58
Gadāyuddhe Kṛṣṇopadeśaḥ (Kṛṣṇa’s Counsel in the Mace-Duel) — Śalya-parva 57
उदतिष्ठत् ततो नाद: सृञ्जयानां जगत्पते । राजन! उस प्रहारसे व्याकुल हो आपका पुत्र पृथ्वीपर घुटने टेककर बैठ गया। उस कुरुकुलके श्रेष्ठ वीर दुर्योधनके घुटने टेक देनेपर सूंजयोंने बड़े जोरसे हर्षध्वनि की || ५७३ || तेषां तु निनदं श्रुत्वा सृञ्जयानां नरर्षभ:
sañjaya uvāca |
udatiṣṭhat tato nādaḥ sṛñjayānāṃ jagatpate |
rājan, asya prahārasyābhighātād vyākulo bhavān-putraḥ pṛthivyāṃ jānuṃ nyasya niṣaṇṇaḥ |
tasya kurukulaśreṣṭhasya vīrasya duryodhanasya jānu-prapātane sṛñjayā mahān hṛṣṭa-nādaṃ cakruḥ |
teṣāṃ tu ninadaṃ śrutvā sṛñjayānāṃ nararṣabhaḥ ||
Wika ni Sañjaya: “O panginoon ng lupa, noon ay umalingawngaw ang isang malakas na sigaw mula sa mga Sṛñjaya. O Hari, sa tama ng hampas, ang anak mo—nalito at nabigla—ay lumuhod sa lupa. Nang si Duryodhana, ang pangunahing bayani ng angkan ng Kuru, ay mapaluhod nang gayon, nagtaas ang mga Sṛñjaya ng dagundong na hiyaw ng galak.”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how quickly battlefield fortune and human pride can collapse under a decisive blow: external triumphal cries arise from an opponent’s momentary weakness, reminding readers that power and status are unstable and that actions in war bring immediate psychological and moral consequences.
After a powerful strike, Duryodhana becomes shaken and drops to his knees on the ground. Seeing this, the Sṛñjaya forces erupt in a loud, jubilant shout. Sañjaya reports this to the king, and the scene continues with the reaction to that uproar.