Shloka 64
धृतराष्ट्र-संजय-संवादः — दुर्योधनस्य ह्रदप्रवेशः
Dhṛtarāṣṭra–Saṃjaya Dialogue: Duryodhana’s Entry into the Lake
भुजौ सुवृत्तौ प्रचकर्त वीर: पश्चात् कबन्धं रुधिरावसिक्तम् | विस्पन्दमानं निपपात घोरं रथोत्तमात् पार्थिव पार्थिवस्यथ
sañjaya uvāca |
bhujau suvṛttau pracakarta vīraḥ paścāt kabaṇdhaṃ rudhirāvasiktam |
vispandamānaṃ nipapāta ghoraṃ rathottamāt pārthiva pārthivasya atha, rājan |
三阇耶说道：那位英雄萨诃提婆斩断了国王那两条匀称而俊美的臂膀；随后，那具可怖的躯干血流浸透，仍在抽搐，从那位国王的上等战车上坠落下来——噢，大王。此景昭示战争后果的阴沉必然：纵有王者尊荣与亲缘牵系，也难逃战场仇杀之业果。
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the harsh moral reality of warfare: actions driven by enmity and adharma culminate in unavoidable consequences. Royal status and strategic cunning cannot ultimately avert the results of one’s deeds when the reckoning arrives on the battlefield.
Sañjaya narrates that Sahadeva severs Śakuni’s two arms; then Śakuni’s blood-soaked trunk, still twitching, falls from his chariot, creating a terrifying spectacle witnessed in the battle.