Shloka 1
Chapter 59: Baladeva’s Censure, Keśava’s Restraint, and Yudhiṣṭhira’s Moral Accounting
अपर बछ। ] अ्शऑका:<म एकोनषशष्टितमो< ध्याय: भीमसेनके द्वारा दुर्योधनका तिरस्कार
sañjaya uvāca | taṁ pātitaṁ tato dṛṣṭvā mahāśālam ivodgatam | prahṛṣṭa-mānasaḥ sarve dadṛśus tatra pāṇḍavāḥ ||
三阇耶说道：随后，他们见他倒下，宛如巨大的娑罗树被伐而倾；在场的般度众人皆心中欢腾，注目而视。
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how swiftly power can collapse in war—like a mighty tree felled—and how even righteous warriors may feel joy at an enemy’s downfall, raising ethical tension between human emotion and the ideal restraint urged by dharma.
Sañjaya reports that the Pāṇḍavas see a principal opponent lying fallen on the battlefield, compared to a huge śāla tree cut down, and they look on with exhilaration at this decisive moment.