Shloka 45
युधिष्ठिरस्य कृष्णार्जुनादि-समाश्वासनम्
Yudhiṣṭhira’s reassurance and praise of Kṛṣṇa, Arjuna, Bhīma, and Sātyaki
स वध्यमानो बहुधा राजपुत्रैर्महारथै: । क्रोधमाहारयत् तेषामभावाय द्विजर्षभ:,उन महारथी राजकुमारोंद्वारा बारंबार घायल किये जानेपर द्विजश्रेष्ठ द्रोणने उनके विनाशके लिये महान् क्रोध प्रकट किया
sa vadhyamāno bahudhā rājaputrair mahārathaiḥ | krodham āhārayat teṣām abhāvāya dvijarṣabhaḥ ||
Sañjaya said: Though struck again and again by the royal princes—mighty chariot-warriors—Droṇa, the bull among Brahmins, summoned up a fierce wrath, intent on bringing about their destruction.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores how repeated harm can provoke even a disciplined figure into destructive anger, raising an ethical warning about the escalation of violence: injury breeds wrath, and wrath seeks annihilation rather than restraint.
Sañjaya reports that Drona, repeatedly wounded by royal princes who are great chariot-warriors, becomes intensely enraged and resolves upon their destruction, signaling a turning point toward harsher retaliation on the battlefield.