Shloka 66
Śalya’s Objection to Sārathya and Duryodhana’s Conciliation (शल्यमन्यु-प्रशमनम् / Sārathyāṅgīkāra)
प्रासै: खड्गैश्न रहितानृष्टिभिश्चवापि भारत । हयसादीनपश्याम कज्चुकोष्णीषधारिण:
prāsaiḥ khaḍgaiś ca rahitān ṛṣṭibhiś cāpi bhārata | hayasādīn apaśyāma kajcukoṣṇīṣadhāriṇaḥ ||
三阇耶说道：噢，婆罗多啊，我们看见许多骑兵——身披胸甲、头缠头巾——在失去长矛、宝剑乃至长枪之后仍被杀戮。迦尔那的箭雨压下，许多人中箭时战栗而倒；更多的人则肢体残缺，横尸遍野，散落于此处彼处。
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the fragility of worldly protections in war: armor, status, and formation collapse when weapons are lost and a powerful adversary dominates. Ethically, it confronts the listener with the human cost of battle and the way martial prowess can rapidly turn ordered combat into dismembering chaos.
Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that many mounted warriors, though armored and turbaned, were seen slain after being deprived of their spears, swords, and lances. He adds that Karṇa’s arrows caused many to tremble and left many bodies mutilated and scattered across the field.