Shloka 13
धृतराष्ट्र-संजय-संवादः — दुर्योधनस्य ह्रदप्रवेशः
Dhṛtarāṣṭra–Saṃjaya Dialogue: Duryodhana’s Entry into the Lake
महाराज! वहाँ रणभूमिमें कुपित हुए योद्धा एक-दूसरेसे भिड़कर परस्पर चोट करते हुए घूम रहे थे ।।
sañjaya uvāca |
mahārāja! tatra raṇabhūmau kupitā yoddhā anyonyena saṃyujya parasparaṃ prahārān kurvāṇāḥ paribhramantaḥ sma ||
udvṛttanayanai roṣāt sandaṣṭauṣṭhapuṭair mukhaiḥ |
sakuṇḍalair mahī channā padmakijjalka-saṃnibhaiḥ ||
kamalakesarakāntivālaiḥ kuṇḍalamaṇḍitaiḥ kaṭitaiḥ mastakaiḥ pṛthivī channābhavat; teṣāṃ netrāṇi ghūrṇamānāni, roṣavaśāc ca dantair oṣṭhau pīḍitau ||
三阇耶说道：大王啊，在那战场之上，愤怒的武士彼此逼近，回旋缠斗，反复相击。因忿怒而双目翻转，面容咬紧双唇；大地遂被断首所覆盖，那些头颅仍佩耳环——黑如莲花花粉之尘，却又闪耀着如莲丝般的光辉。那凝滞的目光与紧咬的口唇昭示：一旦战中怒火放纵，人的尊严便沦为惨烈的景象，战场也成了无度嗔恚的见证。
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores how anger (roṣa) in war dehumanizes combatants and leaves only ruin; it implicitly warns that when wrath governs action, even valor becomes a cause of moral and physical devastation.
Sañjaya describes the battlefield scene: warriors, furious and locked in close combat, strike each other while the ground becomes strewn with severed heads still wearing earrings, their eyes fixed and lips clenched in rage.