Shloka 51
Sauptika Parva, Adhyaya 8 — Dhṛṣṭadyumna-vadha and the Camp’s Nocturnal Rout
ततः परमसंक्रुद्धः पितुर्वधमनुस्मरन्
tataḥ paramasaṃkruddhaḥ pitur vadham anusmaran
তেতিয়া সি পৰম ক্ৰোধত উন্মত্ত হৈ পিতৃবধৰ কথা বাৰে বাৰে স্মৰণ কৰিবলৈ ধৰিলে; শোক আৰু প্ৰতিশোধে তাৰ মন আচ্ছন্ন কৰিলে, আৰু সেই অন্যায়ৰ স্মৃতিয়ে তাৰ বিচাৰবুদ্ধি ম্লান কৰি পেলালে।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Unchecked anger fueled by obsessive remembrance of injury—especially the death of a loved one—can overpower discernment and push one toward ethically destructive choices; the verse highlights how grief can harden into vengeance.
Sañjaya describes a warrior becoming intensely enraged as he repeatedly recalls his father's killing, a mental state that prepares the ground for retaliatory action in the grim aftermath of the war.