Shloka 3
द्रोणस्य सुपर्णव्यूहः — युधिष्ठिरप्रत्यव्यूहः
Droṇa’s Suparṇa Formation and Yudhiṣṭhira’s Counter-array
पश्य मे<स्त्रबलं घोर बाह्वदोरिष्वसनस्य च | अद्यैतान् पातयिष्यामि क्रुद्धो रुद्रः पशूनिव
paśya me 'strabalaṃ ghoraṃ bāhvadoriṣvasanasya ca | adyaitān pātayiṣyāmi kruddho rudraḥ paśūn iva ||
Sañjaya said: “Behold the dreadful might of my weapons and the force of my arms and bow. Today, in wrath, I shall strike these men down—like Rudra felling beasts.”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how anger amplifies destructive intent in war: martial skill and weapon-power, when driven by wrath, is likened to Rudra’s indiscriminate ferocity. Ethically, it warns that prowess without restraint can turn combat into slaughter.
In the Drona Parva’s battle setting, Sañjaya reports a warrior’s boastful, threatening declaration: he calls attention to his fearsome weaponry and strength and vows to bring down the opposing fighters that very day, comparing his rage to Rudra striking down beasts.