Shloka 2
Chapter 59: Baladeva’s Censure, Keśava’s Restraint, and Yudhiṣṭhira’s Moral Accounting
संजय कहते हैं--राजन्! दुर्योधनको ऊँचे एवं विशाल शालवृक्षके समान गिराया गया देख समस्त पाण्डव मन-ही-मन बड़े प्रसन्न हुए और निकट जाकर उसे देखने लगे ।।
sañjaya uvāca | rājann duryodhanaṃ ūñce evaṃ viśālaśālavṛkṣa-sadṛśaṃ girāyitaṃ dṛṣṭvā samastāḥ pāṇḍavā manomanaṃ mahāprītā abhavan, samīpaṃ gatvā taṃ draṣṭum ārabdhāḥ || unmattaṃ iva mātaṅgaṃ siṃhena vinipātitam | dadṛśur hṛṣṭaromāṇaḥ sarve te cāpi somakāḥ ||
三阇耶说道：大王啊，见到难敌被击倒，宛如高大巨硕的娑罗树倾覆，般度众人在心中暗自欢喜，走近前去观看。苏摩迦诸人亦然；他们见难敌仆地，如同发情狂暴的象王被狮子扑倒，欢腾得周身起栗。
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the moral complexity of battle: the fall of a powerful wrongdoer can bring relief and even joy, yet that exhilaration itself reveals how war disturbs the inner balance of all parties. It implicitly contrasts the inevitability of consequences for adharma with the need for restraint and sobriety even in victory.
Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that Duryodhana has been struck down. The Pāṇḍavas and the Somakas approach to see him and react with visible excitement, described through similes of a great śāla tree felled and a rut-maddened elephant brought down by a lion.