Shloka 343
कृष्णेन अर्जुनस्य प्रोत्साहनम् — Kṛṣṇa’s Exhortation to Arjuna
Prelude to Karṇa’s Slaying
घोरमायोधन जज्ञे प्रेतताजपुरोपमम् । जो उनमें प्रवेश करते
sañjaya uvāca | ghoram āyodhanaṃ jajñe pretarāja-puro'upamam |
三阇耶说道：“一处可怖的战场形成了，宛如死者之主的城邑。它骇人至极，仿佛就是阎摩（Yama）的国度；凡入其中者，皆似被其吞没，使刹帝利心中生惧。噢，勇士啊！因食肉猛兽的咆哮轰鸣，那战地看起来就像阎摩之城一般阴森可怖。”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames the battlefield as Yama’s city to highlight the moral gravity of war: when combat becomes overwhelmingly lethal, it evokes the realm of death itself, stirring fear even in kṣatriyas and reminding the listener that violence carries a profound ethical and existential weight.
Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that the fighting has become extremely horrific; the battlefield appears like the city of the Lord of the Dead, conveying the scale of slaughter and the terror pervading the scene.