Shloka 1
Kṛtavarmā–Sātyaki Chariot Duel and Kaurava Morale Shock (कृतवर्म-सात्यकि-द्वैरथम्)
(दाक्षिणात्य अधिक पाठका १ श्लोक मिलाकर कुल ७१ “लोक हैं।) #स्न्ैमा+ () अिन्मनन- विशो< ध्याय: धृष्टद्युम्नद्वारा राजा शाल्वके हाथीका और सात्यकिद्धारा राजा शाल्वका वध संजय उवाच संनिवृत्ते जनौघे तु शाल्वो म्लेच्छगणाधिप: । अभ्यवर्तत संक्रुद्ध: पाण्डवानां महद् बलम्
sañjaya uvāca | sannivṛtte janaughe tu śālvo mlecchagaṇādhipaḥ | abhyavartata saṅkruddhaḥ pāṇḍavānāṃ mahad balam ||
Sañjaya sprach: O König, als die Menge der Krieger auf Seiten der Kauravas abermals zur Schlacht zurückkehrte, rückte Śālva, der Anführer der Mleccha-Scharen, von Zorn entbrannt vor, um der gewaltigen Streitmacht der Pāṇḍavas zu begegnen.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how collective movements in war can reignite violence, and how anger (saṅkruddhaḥ) becomes a driving force that clouds judgment. In the Mahābhārata’s ethical frame, righteous action in battle is ideally governed by duty and restraint, whereas wrath tends to intensify destruction and disorder.
Sanjaya reports that the warriors have returned to the battlefield, and at that moment Śālva—leader of the Mleccha contingents—furiously advances to meet the Pāṇḍavas’ great army, signaling a renewed and intensified phase of combat.