Shloka 396
अर्जुनस्य द्रोणिप्रतिघातः कर्णोपसर्पणं च
Arjuna Checks Droṇaputra; Karṇa Advances
आविध्यन्नकुलं षष्टया सहदेवं च सप्तभि: । तब क्रोधसे मूर्च्छित हुए सुषेणने दूसरा धनुष लेकर नकुलको साठ और सहदेवको सात बाणोंसे घायल कर दिया
āvidhyann akulaṃ ṣaṣṭyā sahadevaṃ ca saptabhiḥ |
Sañjaya said: Sūṣeṇa, overcome by wrath, took up another bow and struck Nakula with sixty arrows and Sahadeva with seven. The scene shows how anger, once it seizes a warrior’s mind, drives relentless escalation in battle, turning skill into sheer destructive momentum.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the ethical danger of krodha (anger): when a warrior becomes anger-driven, action tends to intensify beyond necessity, and martial prowess becomes an instrument of unchecked escalation rather than disciplined kṣatriya conduct.
In the Karṇa Parva battle account, Sañjaya narrates that Sūṣeṇa, enraged, takes up another bow and wounds the Pāṇḍava twins—Nakula with sixty arrows and Sahadeva with seven—showing a rapid, forceful exchange of missile warfare.