Shloka 60
दिधक्षत्रिव नेत्राभ्यां भीमसेनमवैक्षत । भरतश्रेष्ठ) उन सूंजयोंका वह सिंहनाद सुनकर पुरुषप्रवर आपका महाबाहु पुत्र दुर्योधन अमर्षसे कुपित हो उठा और खड़ा होकर महान् सर्पके समान फुंकार करने लगा। उसने दोनों आँखोंसे भीमसेनकी ओर इस प्रकार देखा, मानो उन्हें भस्म कर डालना चाहता हो ।। ततः स भरतश्रेष्ठो गदापाणिरभिद्रवन्
sañjaya uvāca | didhakṣatriva netrābhyāṃ bhīmasenam avaikṣata | bharataśreṣṭhaḥ saṃjñayāṃs tasya siṃhanādaṃ śrutvā puruṣapravara tava mahābāhuḥ putro duryodhanaḥ amarṣeṇa kupito 'bhavat utthāya ca mahāsarpa iva phūtkartum ārabdhavān | sa ubhābhyāṃ cakṣurbhyāṃ bhīmasenaṃ tathāpaśyat yathā bhasma kartum icchet || tataḥ sa bharataśreṣṭho gadāpāṇir abhidravan ||
Sañjaya said: As though he would burn him with his very eyes, he fixed his gaze upon Bhīmasena. Hearing that lion-roar, your mighty-armed son Duryodhana—foremost among men—was inflamed with intolerant rage. Rising up, he began to hiss like a great serpent, and he looked at Bhīma with both eyes as if he wished to reduce him to ashes. Then that best of the Bharatas, mace in hand, charged forward.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how unchecked amarṣa (resentful, intolerant anger) distorts judgment and turns perception itself into a weapon—Duryodhana’s gaze is described as if it could burn. Ethically, it warns that pride and rage intensify conflict and propel one toward destructive action.
After hearing a thunderous challenge (lion-roar), Duryodhana becomes furious, rises, hisses like a serpent, glares at Bhīma as if to burn him, and then—mace in hand—rushes forward, signaling the imminent clash.