Shloka 26
भीष्मपर्व — अध्याय ७२: सैन्यगुणवर्णनम्, व्यूहरक्षा, दैव-पुरुषकारचिन्ता
तत्राभिमन्यु: संक्रुद्धो द्रौपदेयाश्न मारिष । विव्यधुर्निशितैर्बाणै: सर्वास्तानुद्यतायुधान्
tatrābhimanyuḥ saṅkruddho draupadeyāś ca māriṣa | vivyadhur niśitair bāṇaiḥ sarvāṁs tān udyatāyudhān ||
Sañjaya sprach: Dort verwundeten Abhimanyu, vom Zorn ergriffen, und die Söhne Draupadīs, o Ehrwürdiger, all jene großen Kaurava-Krieger, die mit erhobenen Waffen dastanden, mit scharfen Pfeilen.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the battlefield dynamic where anger (krodha) and armed readiness provoke immediate counteraction; within dharma-yuddha, warriors respond decisively to imminent threat, yet the narrative also hints at the ethical strain of letting wrath drive action.
Sañjaya reports that Abhimanyu and the Draupadeyas, filled with anger, shoot sharp arrows at the Kaurava great warriors who are standing with weapons raised, wounding them and intensifying the clash.