Shloka 3936
Adhyāya 141 — Night duels: Śaineya and Bhūriśravas; Droṇi and Ghaṭotkaca; Bhīma and Duryodhana
अचिन्तयित्वा भीमस्तु क्रुद्ध: कर्णमुपाद्रवत् । क्रोधमें भरे हुए भीमसेनने समुद्रकी भाँति उठी हुई उस बाण-वर्षाकी तनिक भी परवा न करके कर्णपर धावा बोल दिया
acintayitvā bhīmas tu kruddhaḥ karṇam upādravat |
قال سانجيا: من غير تردّد، اندفع بهيما—وقد اشتعل غضبًا—مهاجمًا كارنا. ولم يبالِ بعاصفة السهام التي ارتفعت كالبحر، بل تقدّم غير هيّاب، مدفوعًا بالسخط وعزيمة القتال الضارية.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how anger can propel decisive action in war, but it also implicitly warns that acting “without thinking” (acintayitvā) is a morally charged state: valor and resolve may be praised in battle, yet unexamined wrath can eclipse discernment (viveka), a key ethical concern throughout the Mahābhārata.
Sañjaya reports that Bhīma, enraged, ignores the intense barrage of Karṇa’s arrows and rushes directly at him, escalating their confrontation amid the chaos of the Kurukṣetra war.