Mahabharata 1.192.5 — Adi Parva, Adhyaya 192, Shloka 5
द्रौपदी-वरण-प्रत्ययः — Intelligence Reports and the Kaurava Court’s Response
ततो<5पर: पार्थिवसड्घमध्ये प्रवृद्धमारुज्य महीप्ररोहम् । प्रकालयन्नेव स पार्थिवौघान् क्रुद्धोइन्तक: प्राणभृतो यथैव
tato 'paraḥ pārthivasaṅghamadhye pravṛddham ārujya mahīpraroham | prakālayann eva sa pārthivaughān kruddho 'ntakaḥ prāṇabhṛto yathaiva ||
Da riss ein anderer Krieger einen mächtigen Baum aus der Erde und sprang mitten in die Versammlung der Könige. In rasender Wut begann er die Schar der Herrscher niederzuschlagen und sie dem Tod entgegenzusenden—wie Antaka (der Tod) selbst, erzürnt, die Lebenden vernichtet.
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The verse highlights how krodha (wrath) and wounded royal pride can overturn restraint and dharma, turning a ceremonial or social setting into destructive conflict; it warns that violence spreads quickly when leaders abandon self-control.
A powerful fighter enters the kings’ assembly, uproots a large tree, and uses it as a weapon to batter the gathered kings, likened to Death (Antaka/Yama) cutting down living beings.
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