Shloka 49
गौरुडव्यूह-रचना तथा अर्धचन्द्र-प्रत्यव्यूह
Garuḍa Array and the Ardhacandra Counter-Formation
नाशयामास वेगेन वायुर्वृक्षानिवौजसा । दुर्योधन आदि सब राजाओंके द्वारा पाण्डवसेनाको युद्धमें मारी जाती देख श्वेतने गंगापुत्र भीष्मको छोड़कर आपके पुत्रकी सेनाका उसी प्रकार वेगपूर्वक विनाश आरम्भ किया, जैसे आँधी अपनी शक्तिसे वृक्षोंको उखाड़ फेंकती है || ४७-४८ ह ।। द्रावयित्वा चमूं राजन् वैराटि: क्रोधमूर्च्छित:
sañjaya uvāca |
nāśayāmāsa vegena vāyur vṛkṣān ivaujasā |
drāvayitvā camūṃ rājan vairāṭiḥ krodha-mūrcchitaḥ |
Sañjaya said: With irresistible speed and force, he began to destroy the enemy host—just as a mighty wind uproots trees by its own power. Having put the army to flight, O King, the son of Virāṭa, overcome by a surge of wrath, pressed the attack.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how overwhelming anger (krodha) can become a potent force in war—capable of decisive action and destruction—while implicitly reminding that such passion fuels further violence and suffering, a recurring ethical tension in the epic’s portrayal of kṣatriya duty.
Sanjaya reports that the son of Virāṭa, inflamed with anger, routs the opposing army and begins destroying it with great speed, compared to a powerful wind uprooting trees.