Shloka 25
अर्जुनस्य शीघ्रप्रयाणं भीम-शकुनियुद्धं च
Arjuna’s Rapid Advance and the Bhīma–Śakuni Encounter
अशोभत महेष्वासो धृष्टद्युम्न: कृतव्रण: । उस समय उनकी आँखें क्रोधसे लाल हो रही थीं। सारे शरीरमें घाव हो रहे थे; अतः वे महाथनुर्धर धृष्टद्युम्न वेगसे जलते हुए अग्निदेवके समान शोभा पा रहे थे ।। स पञठ्चदश नाराचाउ्शवसत: पन्नगानिव
sañjaya uvāca |
aśobhat maheṣvāso dhṛṣṭadyumnaḥ kṛtavraṇaḥ |
tadā tasya netre krodhena lohitīkṛte babhūvatuḥ |
sarvāṅge vraṇair ācitaḥ sa mahādhanuṣmān dhṛṣṭadyumno vegena jvalann iva hutāśanaḥ śobhāṃ lebhe ||
sa pañcadaśa nārācān śvasataḥ pannagān iva (kṣipat) ||
Sañjaya said: Dhṛṣṭadyumna, the great archer, though covered with wounds, shone forth. In that moment his eyes were reddened with anger and his whole body bore the marks of injury; yet, rushing forward, that mighty bowman appeared radiant like a blazing fire. Then he loosed fifteen iron arrows, hissing like serpents—fierce resolve amid the brutal dharma of war, where endurance and mastered wrath become instruments of duty on the battlefield.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights kṣatriya-dharma in its stark form: even when wounded, a warrior must sustain courage and purposeful action. Anger is depicted as a battlefield force, but the emphasis is on steadfastness and directed energy—endurance and resolve in the face of suffering.
Sañjaya describes Dhṛṣṭadyumna in the thick of combat: his eyes redden with anger, his body is covered in wounds, yet he advances with fiery brilliance and shoots fifteen iron arrows that hiss like serpents.