Shloka 29
काकोपमोपदेशः
The Crow-and-Swan Exemplum as Counsel to Karṇa
ततो दुर्योधन: क्रुद्धो गदामुद्यम्य वेगित:,इति श्रीमहा भारते कर्णपर्वणि संकुलयुद्धे एकोनत्रिंशो 5ध्याय:
tato duryodhanaḥ kruddho gadām udyamya vegitaḥ | iti śrīmahābhārate karṇaparvaṇi saṅkulayuddhe ekonatriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ ||
Sañjaya said: Then Duryodhana, inflamed with anger, swiftly raised his mace. Thus, in the revered Mahābhārata, in the Karṇa Parva, in the section describing the confused and densely entangled battle, ends the twenty-ninth chapter.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how anger (krodha) rapidly drives a warrior toward violent action; in the epic’s ethical frame, such impulsive rage is a catalyst that clouds judgment and intensifies the destructiveness of war.
Sañjaya reports that Duryodhana, enraged, quickly lifts his mace—signaling an imminent physical confrontation amid a chaotic, tightly packed battlefield.