Shloka 456
ससैन्य: पाण्डवानीकम भ्यद्रवत संयुगे । तब दुर्योधनने कुपित हो समस्त राजाओं तथा सेनाके साथ उस युद्धभूमिमें पाण्डव- सेनापर आक्रमण किया
sa-sainyaḥ pāṇḍavānīkam abhyadravat saṃyuge | tadā duryodhanaḥ kupito samastān rājānaḥ tathā senayā saha tasmin yuddhabhūmau pāṇḍava-senām abhyākrāmat |
Sanjaya said: In the thick of battle, Duryodhana—angered—rushed forward with his troops. Gathering the kings and the full strength of his army, he launched an assault upon the Pāṇḍava host on that battlefield, driven by wrath and the will to overpower his foes.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how anger (krodha) can drive leaders into rash escalation. In the Mahābhārata’s ethical frame, wrath clouds discernment and turns political rivalry into destructive violence, contrasting impulsive aggression with the ideal of self-mastery even amid kṣatriya duty.
Sañjaya reports that Duryodhana, furious, advances in the battle with his full forces and allied kings, launching a direct attack on the Pāṇḍava formation on the battlefield.