Shloka 813
विविधै: शोणितस्रावै: प्रशान्तं पुरुषर्षभ । पुरुषप्रवर! तदनन्तर दो ही घड़ीमें उन सबने देखा कि धरतीकी जो धूल ऊपर उड़ रही थी, वह नाना प्रकारके रक्तका स्रोत बहनेसे शान्त हो गयी है
vividhaiḥ śoṇitasrāvaiḥ praśāntaṃ puruṣarṣabha | puruṣapravara! tad-anantaraṃ dvi ghāḍī-madhye te sarve dadṛśuḥ yat pṛthivyā upari uḍḍīyamānā dhūliḥ nānā-vidha-rakta-srotobhiḥ pravāhamānaiḥ praśāntābhavat |
Sanjaya thưa: Hỡi bậc trượng phu kiệt xuất, hỡi người đứng đầu trong loài người! Chẳng bao lâu sau đó—chỉ trong khoảng hai ghaṭī—tất cả đều thấy lớp bụi bay lên khỏi mặt đất đã lắng xuống, vì những dòng máu tuôn chảy thành muôn ngả.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores the ethical and human cost of war: the battlefield’s dust—symbol of movement and martial fervor—is ‘quieted’ only by bloodshed, reminding the listener that violence culminates in suffering and irreversible loss rather than true victory.
Sanjaya reports to Dhritarashtra that shortly after the clash, the dust cloud over the battlefield subsides because numerous streams of blood are flowing—an image indicating intense slaughter and the grim settling of the scene.