Shloka 11
सौप्तिकपर्व — धृष्टद्युम्नसारथिवृत्तान्तः
Report of the Night Raid and Yudhiṣṭhira’s Lament
हत्वा भ्रातृन् वयस्यांश्व पितृन् पुत्रान् सुहृद्गणान् । बन्धूनमात्यान् पोत्रांश्व जित्वा सर्वाञ्जिता वयम्
hatvā bhrātṝn vayasyāṁś ca pitṝn putrān suhṛd-gaṇān | bandhūn amātyān pautrāṁś ca jitvā sarvān jitā vayam ||
苏多说：“我们杀了兄弟、同龄的伙伴、如父般的长者、儿子、亲善之友、宗亲、辅臣，甚至孙辈；自以为已将他们尽数‘征服’，夺得胜利。然而到头来，我们自己却被敌人所制伏。”
सूत उवाच
Educational Q&A
Victory gained by slaughtering one’s own kin and well-wishers is ethically corrosive and ultimately unstable; violence invites reversal, so the ‘conqueror’ can soon become the conquered.
The Sūta-narrator summarizes the catastrophic cost of the Kurukṣetra conflict: the side speaking has destroyed its own relational world—brothers, friends, elders, descendants, and ministers—claimed victory, and now faces defeat at the hands of enemies, highlighting the bitter aftermath of the war.