Shloka 37
स हताश्वे रथे तिष्ठन् श्रुतकर्मा महारथ: । शक्ति चिक्षेप संक्रुद्धो महोल्कां ज्वलितामिव,महारथी श्रुतकर्मा घोड़ोंके मारे जानेपर भी उसी रथपर खड़ा रहा और अत्यन्त क्रोधमें भरकर उसने दुर्मुखपर प्रज्वलित उल्काके समान एक शक्ति चलायी
sa hatāśve rathe tiṣṭhan śrutakarmā mahārathaḥ | śaktiṃ cikṣepa saṃkruddho maholkāṃ jvalitām iva ||
Sañjaya said: Though his horses had been slain, the great chariot-warrior Śrutakarmā remained standing upon his chariot. Inflamed with wrath, he hurled a śakti-weapon, blazing like a great meteor.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how anger (krodha) can propel a warrior to intensify aggression even when disadvantaged; it implicitly warns that wrath fuels escalation and clouds judgment, a recurring ethical concern in the Mahābhārata’s war narrative.
After his horses are killed, the mahāratha Śrutakarmā still stands on his chariot and, in fury, hurls a śakti weapon at his opponent (noted in the accompanying Hindi as Durmukha), likened to a blazing meteor.