Shloka 286
आयुधक्षयमासाद्य प्रशान्तिं परमां गत: । महाराज! जैसे पूर्णिमाके दिन समुद्र उमड़ पड़ता है, उसी प्रकार वृद्धक्षेमका पुत्र भी युद्धमें उद्धत हो उठा था, परंतु उसके सारे अस्त्र-शस्त्र नष्ट हो गये थे, इसलिये वह प्राणशून्य हो सदाके लिये परम शान्त हो गया
āyudhakṣayam āsādya praśāntiṃ paramāṃ gataḥ | mahārāja! yathā pūrṇimāyāṃ dine samudra udmapatati, tathā vṛddhakṣemasya putro 'pi yuddhe uddhato 'bhavat; kintu tasya sarve 'strāṇi śastrāṇi ca naṣṭāni, tasmāt sa prāṇaśūnyaḥ san sadā-kṛte paramāṃ śāntim agamat |
三阇耶说道：“大王啊，当他的兵器耗尽之时，他便归入至高的寂静。正如满月之日大海汹涌，毗陀陀克谢摩之子也曾在战斗中以狂烈之势奋起；然而当他的一切飞矢与兵刃尽被摧毁，他便气绝身亡，进入永恒而至上的安息。”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores the impermanence of martial power: even a warrior who surges with confidence like the ocean at full moon is brought to an end when his means of violence are exhausted. The phrase “supreme peace” functions as a sober reminder that death is the final cessation of conflict, inviting reflection on restraint, limits, and the cost of war.
Sanjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that the son of Vṛddhakṣema fought with great ferocity, but once his weapons—both missiles (astra) and hand-weapons (śastra)—were destroyed, he was slain. The narration uses a full-moon ocean-swell simile to convey the warrior’s sudden surge of battle-fury before his fall.