Mahabharata · 7.67.71
॥
Devanāgarī
ततः सर्वाणि सैन्यानि व्यद्रवन्त सुतस्य ते ॥
हतं श्रुतायुधं दृष्ट्वा काम्बोजं च सुदक्षिणम् ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
tataḥ sarvāṇi sainyāni vyadravanta sutasya te ||
hataṃ śrutāyudhaṃ dṛṣṭvā kāmbojaṃ ca sudakṣiṇam ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
ततः सर्वाणि सैन्यानिtataḥ sarvāṇi sainyānithen all the troops; then all the troops
व्यद्रवन्त सुतस्य तेvyadravanta sutasya teof your son fled; of your son ran
हतम् श्रुतायुधम् दृष्ट्वाhatam śrutāyudham dṛṣṭvāseeing Shrutayudha slain; having beheld Shrutayudha struck down
काम्बोजम् च सुदक्षिणम्kāmbojam ca sudakṣiṇamand the Kambojan Sudakshina; and the Kambojan Sudakshina
Translation
Then all the troops of your son fled, seeing Shrutayudha and the Kambojan Sudakshina slain.
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The chapter closes with the flight of the troops at the sight of two fallen men — Shrutayudha and Sudakshina. The death of the valiant breaks the spirit of the rest. It is telling that the very ranks meant to stop Arjuna scatter the moment their leaders fall. The verse teaches that an unrighteous army stands only on a few, and with their fall the whole collapses: where there is no foundation in truth, the spirit of the army depends on its living heroes; and when they fall, nothing remains but flight — for lawlessness gives none of that inner steadiness which sustains the righteous even after their leaders have died.