Shloka 10
समासाद्य च बीभत्सु: सैन्धवं समुपस्थितम् । नेत्राभ्यां क्रोधदीप्ताभ्यां सम्प्रैक्षन्निर्दहज्िव,वहाँ उपस्थित हुए सिंधुराजको सामने पाकर अर्जुनने क्रोधसे उद्दीप्त नेत्रोंद्वारा उसे इस प्रकार देखा, मानो जलाकर भस्म कर देंगे
samāsādya ca bībhatsuḥ saindhavaṁ samupasthitam | netrābhyāṁ krodha-dīptābhyāṁ sampraikṣan nirdahann iva ||
Sañjaya said: Coming face to face with the Saindhava who stood before him, Arjuna (Bībhatsu) fixed him with eyes blazing with wrath, as though he would burn him to ashes by his very gaze.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the ethical tension between righteous purpose and uncontrolled anger: even when confronting a grave offender, inner fire (krodha) can threaten discernment. It invites reflection on how duty in war demands firmness, yet warns that wrath can become destructive if it eclipses self-mastery.
Sañjaya describes Arjuna meeting Jayadratha (the Saindhava) directly on the battlefield. Seeing him before him, Arjuna’s eyes blaze with anger and he stares as if to burn him down—signaling the climactic confrontation in the Jayadratha episode within the Drona Parva.