Shloka 4
प्रभग्नं वायुवेगेन महाशालं यथा वने । भूमौ विचेष्टमानं तं रुधिरेण समुक्षितम्,वहाँ आकर उन्होंने देखा कि महामनस्वी धृतराष्ट्रपुत्र दुर्योधन मार गिराया गया है, मानो वनमें कोई विशाल शालवृक्ष वायुके वेगसे टूटकर धराशायी हो गया हो। खूनसे लथपथ हो दुर्योधन पृथ्वीपर पड़ा छटपटा रहा था, मानो जंगलमें किसी व्याधने बहुत बड़े हाथीको मार गिराया हो। रक्तकी धारामें डूबा हुआ वह बारंबार करवटें बदल रहा था
sañjaya uvāca | prabhagnaṁ vāyuvegena mahāśālaṁ yathā vane | bhūmau viceṣṭamānaṁ taṁ rudhireṇa samukṣitam ||
Wika ni Sañjaya: Gaya ng isang dambuhalang punong śāla sa gubat na nabasag ng lakas ng hangin, gayon nila nakita si Duryodhana na nakahandusay sa lupa—balot ng dugo at nangingisay sa sakit. Ipinapakita ng larawang ito ang madilim na bunga ng digmaan: maging ang palalo at makapangyarihan ay nauuwi sa walang magawang pagdurusa sa ibabaw ng daigdig.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the ethical cost of war and the fragility of worldly power: pride and might can collapse suddenly, and violence culminates in suffering. The simile of a great tree felled by wind suggests that even the seemingly unshakable are subject to forces set in motion by their own actions and the larger moral order.
Sañjaya reports what is seen on the battlefield: Duryodhana, Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s son, has been struck down and lies on the ground, bloodied and writhing. The description uses a vivid forest image—a huge śāla tree broken by wind—to convey the magnitude of his fall.