Shloka 88
अतिकायवधः
The Slaying of Atikāya
तावुभावम्बरेबाणावन्योन्यमभिजघ्नतुः ।।।।तेजसासंप्रदीप्ताग्रौक्रुद्धाविवभुजंगमौ ।
tāv ubhāv ambare bāṇāv anyonyam abhijaghnatuḥ | tejasā saṃpradīptāgrau kruddhāv iva bhujaṅgamau ||
আকাশমণ্ডলে স্থিত সেই দুই শর পরস্পরকে আঘাত করল। তাদের অগ্রভাগ তেজে প্রজ্বলিত—যেন ক্রুদ্ধ দুই ভুজঙ্গ মুখোমুখি সংঘর্ষে লিপ্ত।
Both the arrows effulgent, flaming with fire, were like angry serpents in the sky striking one another violently.
FAQs
The verse indirectly warns that anger (krodha) turns even disciplined power into destructive collision; dharma in battle requires restraint alongside strength.
The sun-charged and fire-charged arrows meet midair and collide violently.
Not a virtue but a caution: the imagery foregrounds krodha (wrath) as a destabilizing force, even when power is great.