Shloka 58
Droṇa Encircled at Night: Coalition Advance and Battlefield Omens (द्रोणपर्यावरणं रात्रियुद्धवर्णनम्)
ततो दुःशासन: क्रुद्धो रथशक्तिं समाक्षिपत् | सर्वपारसवीं तीक्ष्णां जिघांसु: पाण्डुनन्दनम्,उस समय कुपित हुए दुःशासनने पाण्डुनन्दन भीमसेनको मार डालनेकी इच्छासे उनके ऊपर एक तीखी रथशक्ति चलायी, जो सम्पूर्णतः लोहेकी बनी हुई थी
tato duḥśāsanaḥ kruddho rathaśaktiṁ samākṣipat | sarvapārasavīṁ tīkṣṇāṁ jighāṁsuḥ pāṇḍunandanam |
Sanjaya said: Then Duḥśāsana, inflamed with anger, hurled a sharp ratha-śakti—an iron missile forged wholly of metal—at the son of Pāṇḍu, intent on killing him.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how anger (krodha) can dominate judgment and propel a person toward extreme harm. In the Mahābhārata’s ethical frame, such rage-driven intent to kill is a warning about the erosion of self-control and dharmic restraint, even amid legitimate warfare.
Duḥśāsana, furious, launches a sharp iron ratha-śakti at Pāṇḍu’s son—understood here as Bhīma—aiming to kill him. It is a battlefield escalation described by Sañjaya during the Drona Parva fighting.