Shloka 45
अध्याय ८० — मध्यंदिन-रणवृत्तान्तः
Yudhiṣṭhira–Śrutāyu encounter; Cekitāna–Gautama clash; Abhimanyu pressure; Arjuna’s redeployment
क्रुद्धों भृशं तव पुत्रेषु राजन् दैत्येषु यद्वत् समरे महेन्द्र: । ततो व्यमुहा॒न्त रणे नृवीरा: प्रमोहनास्त्राहतबुद्धिसत्त्वा:
kruddho bhṛśaṁ tava putreṣu rājan daityeṣu yadvat samare mahendraḥ | tato vyamuhyanta raṇe nṛvīrāḥ pramohanāstrāhatabuddhisattvāḥ ||
সঞ্জয় ক’লে—হে ৰাজন! সি তোমাৰ পুত্ৰসকলৰ ওপৰত অতিশয় ক্ৰুদ্ধ হ’ল, যেনে সমৰত দৈত্যসকলৰ ওপৰত মহেন্দ্ৰ (ইন্দ্ৰ) হয়। তাৰপিছত প্ৰমোহনাস্ত্ৰে আঘাতপ্ৰাপ্ত বুদ্ধি আৰু ধৈৰ্য লৈ সেই নৰবীৰসকল ৰণক্ষেত্ৰত বিমূঢ় হৈ পৰিল।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how uncontrolled wrath in war escalates violence, and how the use of deluding force (pramohana-astra) can disable discernment and courage—raising an ethical tension between victory by power and victory aligned with dharma.
Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that a warrior, furious at the Kauravas, acts like Indra battling the Daityas; as a result, fighters on the field become confused because their minds and resolve are struck by a stupefying weapon.