Shloka 41
Adhyāya 14: Śalya’s Missile-Pressure and the Pāṇḍava Convergence (शल्यस्य शरवर्षम्)
द्वीक्ष्य सुरथथं रोषाद् धनुज्यामवमृज्य च | मुमोच तीक3्ष्णं नाराचं यमदण्डोपमद्युतिम्
dṛkṣya surathaṃ roṣād dhanujyām avamṛjya ca | mumoca tīkṣṇaṃ nārācaṃ yamadaṇḍopamadyutim ||
সঞ্জয়ে ক’লে—ক্ৰোধে সুৰথক দেখি ধনুৰ প্ৰত্যঞ্চা সাফ কৰি, সিয়ে যমদণ্ডসম দীপ্ত তীক্ষ্ণ নাৰাচ এৰি দিলে।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how anger (roṣa) can sharpen intent and accelerate destructive action; ethically, it serves as a caution that wrath, once indulged, readily turns skill and preparedness into instruments of death.
In the heat of battle, a warrior, enraged at the sight of Suratha, readies his weapon by wiping the bowstring and then shoots a fierce nārāca-arrow described as radiant like Yama’s death-dealing staff.