Shloka 49
अन्यानपि महाराज तापयामास पार्थिवान् | महाराज! इसी प्रकार अंशुमाली सूर्यके समान अन्यान्य राजाओंको भी वे अपने बाणोंकी वर्षासे संतप्त करने लगे || ४८ ह ।।
sañjaya uvāca |
anyān api mahārāja tāpayāmāsa pārthivān |
parāṅmukhīkṛtya tathā śaravarṣair amahārathān |
atha bhārata! tān sarvān mahārathīn bāṇavarṣadvārā vimukhīkṛtya arjunaḥ saṅgrāmabhūmau kaurava-pāṇḍavayoḥ senayor madhye raktasya bahulāṃ nadīm avāhayat |
三阇耶说道：大王啊，他也灼迫其他诸王。犹如光焰赫奕的太阳，他以箭雨折磨更多君主。继而，婆罗多啊，他以密集的箭雨使那些非大车战士亦转身退却，又以不断的矢瀑逼退诸大车战士；于是，在俱卢与般度两军之间的战场上，阿周那令一条浩大的血河奔流。此段揭示战争可怖的道德代价：武力固能达成战术之效，却也将苦难倍增至染污亲族相争之地的程度。
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the dual reality of kṣatriya prowess: martial excellence can be dharmically framed as duty in war, yet its immediate fruit is immense suffering. The image of a 'river of blood' functions as an ethical reminder that victory in battle carries grave human cost, especially in a conflict among relatives.
Sanjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that Arjuna, by relentless showers of arrows, repulses both lesser warriors and great chariot-fighters, scorching many kings. Between the Kaurava and Pandava armies, the fighting becomes so intense that it is poetically described as creating a vast river of blood on the battlefield.