Санджая
यत् तु कुत्सयसे योधान् युध्यमानान् यथाबलम् ॥
अत्र ते वर्णयिष्यामि यथा युद्धम् अवर्तत ॥
दृष्ट्वा कर्णं तु पुत्रास् ते भीमसेनपराजितम् ॥
नामृष्यन्त महेष्वासाः सोदर्याः पञ्च मारिष ॥
दुर्मर्षणो दुःसहश् च दुर्मदो दुर्धरो जयः ॥
पाण्डवं चित्रसंनाहास् तं प्रतीपम् उपाद्रवन् ॥
yat tu kutsayase yodhān yudhyamānān yathābalam ||
atra te varṇayiṣyāmi yathā yuddham avartata ||
dṛṣṭvā karṇaṃ tu putrās te bhīmasenaparājitam ||
nāmṛṣyanta maheṣvāsāḥ sodaryāḥ pañca māriṣa ||
durmarṣaṇo duḥsahaś ca durmado durdharo jayaḥ ||
pāṇḍavaṃ citrasaṃnāhās taṃ pratīpam upādravan ||
"But in that you revile the warriors fighting to the best of their strength -- of this I shall tell you, how the battle unfolded. But, having seen Karna defeated by Bhimasena, your sons, the great archers, could not endure it, five brothers of one womb, o venerable one: Durmarshana and Duhsaha, Durmada, Durdhara, Jaya, clad in dappled armor, rushed headlong against that Pandava."
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Sanjaya turns reproach into narrative: the king reviles the warriors, but they fight to the best of their strength -- and his five sons rush to avenge the defeated Karna. It is notable that the brothers cannot bear the shame of their ally's defeat: loyalty and honor move them, even in the service of injustice. The verse teaches that it is easy to revile fighters from the outside; but those who are reviled lay down their lives for their side, and the injustice of the leaders does not erase the valor of those who follow them.