Shloka 173
अमर्षवशमापतन्नस्तव पुत्रमपीडयत् | आपके बलवान् और धरनुर्धर पुत्रके द्वारा अत्यन्त घायल किये जानेपर सात्यकिने भी अमर्षके वशीभूत होकर आपके पुत्रको बड़ी पीड़ा दी
amarṣavaśam āpatannas tava putram apīḍayat |
Sañjaya said: Grievously wounded by your powerful, bow-wielding son, Sātyaki too fell under the sway of indignation and pressed hard upon your son, inflicting severe pain in return. The verse shows how, in the heat of war, injury breeds retaliatory wrath, tightening the cycle of violence and suffering.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how unchecked anger (amarṣa) arising from injury leads to retaliatory harm, intensifying suffering in war. Ethically, it points to the danger of letting indignation govern action, even when one is a righteous warrior.
After being badly wounded by Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s powerful archer-son, Sātyaki becomes enraged and, driven by that indignation, attacks and afflicts the Kaurava prince, causing him great pain.