Shloka 413
Yuddha-yajña-vyākhyāna (The Battle as Sacrifice): Ambarīṣa–Indra Saṃvāda
केशमांसास्थिसम्पूर्णा स गच्छेत् परमां गतिम् । जिसके रक्तके वेगसे केश, मांस और हड्डियोंसे भरी हुई रणयज्ञकी वेदी आप्लावित हो उठती है, वह वीर योद्धा परम गतिको प्राप्त होता है
keśamāṁsāsthisampūrṇā sa gacchet paramāṁ gatim |
安婆利沙宣告：若有武士在“战祭”的祭坛上，以自身血流之势漫溢其坛，使其堆满发、肉与骨，则此勇士得至最高归趣。
अम्बरीष उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse presents righteous battle as a form of sacrificial offering: a warrior who gives his very body and life in the consecrated arena of duty is said to attain the highest posthumous state. It emphasizes intention and dharmic context—valor aligned with obligation—rather than glorifying violence for its own sake.
Ambarīṣa is speaking in a didactic setting within Śānti Parva, using vivid sacrificial imagery to describe the battlefield. He asserts that the warrior whose blood inundates the ‘altar’ of battle—strewn with hair, flesh, and bones—reaches the supreme destination, reinforcing a kṣatriya-oriented ethic of duty and self-offering.