Mahabharata 7.110.39 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 110, Shloka 39
Adhyāya 110: Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Lament on Fate; Saṃjaya’s Reproof and the Princes’ Assault on Bhīma (द्रोणपर्व, अध्याय ११०)
ततः क्रोधाभिताम्राक्षो निर्दहन्रिव पावक: । संदधे त्वाष्ट्रमस्त्र॑ं स स्वयं त्वष्टेव मारुति:
tataḥ krodhābhitāmrākṣo nirdahanr iva pāvakaḥ | sandadhe tvāṣṭram astraṃ sa svayaṃ tvaṣṭeva mārutiḥ ||
তখন বায়ুপুত্র ভীমসেন ক্রোধে রক্তচক্ষু হয়ে, যেন দহনকারী অগ্নি, ত্বাষ্ট্ৰ অস্ত্র সংযোজিত করলেন—মনে হল যেন স্বয়ং ত্বষ্টাই তা প্রয়োগ করছেন।
संजय उवाच
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The verse highlights how anger can transform a warrior’s agency into something fire-like and consuming, leading to the deployment of extraordinary, potentially indiscriminate power. In the Mahābhārata’s ethical frame, such escalation pressures the ideal of dharma-yuddha (righteous warfare) by testing restraint, proportionality, and responsibility for consequences.
Sañjaya narrates that Bhīma, inflamed with rage and with reddened eyes, prepares and releases (or prepares to release) the Tvāṣṭra astra. The comparison suggests the weapon’s potency is so great that Bhīma appears like Tvaṣṭṛ himself wielding it.
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