Shloka 30
द्रोणपर्व — अध्याय १६२: प्रातःसंध्यायां युद्धप्रवृत्तिः तथा रजोमेघे संमूढता
सोडतिविद्धो भृशं क्रुद्ध: पदाक्रान्त इवोरग:
soḍatividdho bhṛśaṃ kruddhaḥ padākrānta ivoragaḥ
Sañjaya said: Though pierced by a spear, he became fiercely enraged—like a serpent trampled underfoot—his pain turning at once into a dangerous, retaliatory fury amid the moral chaos of battle.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how injury and humiliation can rapidly ignite wrath, making a person dangerous like a trampled serpent; ethically, it warns that unchecked anger in war multiplies harm and drives retaliatory violence.
Sañjaya describes a warrior who, though struck by a spear, becomes intensely furious, compared to a snake stepped on—signaling an imminent, fierce counterattack in the ongoing battle.