Shloka 34
तान् हयान् निहतानू् दृष्टवा द्विजाग्रयेण स पार्षतः । नामृष्यत युधां श्रेष्ठो याज्ञसेनिर्महारथ:,विप्रवर द्रोणके द्वारा अपने घोड़ोंको मारा गया देख योद्धाओंमें श्रेष्ठ पार्षतवंशी महारथी ट्रपदकुमार सहन न कर सके
tān hayān nihatān dṛṣṭvā dvijāgryeṇa sa pārṣataḥ | nāmṛṣyata yudhāṃ śreṣṭho yājñasenir mahārathaḥ ||
Sañjaya said: Seeing those horses slain by the foremost of the twice-born (Droṇa), the Pārṣata warrior—Drupada’s son Yājñaseni, a great chariot-fighter famed among combatants—could not endure it. The sight of his mounts cut down kindled his wrath, showing how, in the heat of war, even a disciplined hero is driven by wounded pride and the urgent demands of battle.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how battlefield losses—especially the destruction of one’s immediate means of action (horses and chariot-team)—can provoke intense anger even in a renowned warrior. It implicitly contrasts the ideal of forbearance with the reality of war, where honor, pride, and tactical necessity quickly inflame the mind.
Droṇa, the eminent brāhmaṇa-warrior, has slain Dhṛṣṭadyumna’s horses. Dhṛṣṭadyumna (called Pārṣata and Yājñaseni), a leading fighter on the Pāṇḍava side, sees this and becomes unable to tolerate it, signaling a surge of wrath and an impending intensification of combat.