Shloka 8
Adhyāya 14: Śalya’s Missile-Pressure and the Pāṇḍava Convergence (शल्यस्य शरवर्षम्)
नैतादृशं दृष्टपूर्व राजन् नैव च न श्रुतम्
naitādṛśaṃ dṛṣṭapūrva rājann naiva ca na śrutam
三阇耶说道：哦，大王，如此之事，前所未见，亦未曾闻。此刻被呈现为绝无仅有——在战争叙事中引发道义震骇——仿佛战场与人伦的常规都被越过，甚至被颠覆。
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the moral and psychological weight of witnessing extreme events: when actions in war cross familiar boundaries, they are marked as 'unseen and unheard-of,' prompting reflection on how adharma can escalate beyond precedent and how testimony (Sañjaya’s) frames ethical judgment.
Sañjaya reports to King Dhṛtarāṣṭra that what is occurring on the battlefield is unprecedented—something neither seen before nor even heard of—signaling a climactic or shocking turn in the events of the Kurukṣetra war.