Shloka 2536
Duryodhana-śibira-praveśaḥ — The Pāṇḍavas Enter the Kaurava Camp; The Burning of Arjuna’s Chariot
क्ुद्धस्याशीविषस्येव च्छिन्नपुच्छस्य भारत । तत्पश्चात् उसने श्रीकृष्णकी ओर भौंहें टेढ़ी करके देखा, उसका आधा शरीर उठा हुआ था। उस समय राजा दुर्योधनका रूप उस कुपित विषधरके समान जान पड़ता था, जो पूँछ कट जानेके कारण अपने आधे शरीरको ही उठाकर देख रहा हो
kruddhasyāśīviṣasyeva chinnapucchasya bhārata | tatpaścāt sa tu śrīkṛṣṇaṃ prati bhruvau kuṭilīkṛtya dadarśa, tasya śarīrārdhaṃ samunnatam āsīt | tadā rājā duryodhanasya rūpaṃ kupitaviṣadharasya sadṛśaṃ babhūva, yaḥ pucchacchedāt śarīrārdham eva samunnīya paśyati ||
Sañjaya said: “O Bhārata, like an enraged venomous serpent whose tail has been cut off, he then fixed his gaze on Śrī Kṛṣṇa with crooked, knitted brows, his body half raised. At that moment King Duryodhana looked like that furious snake—unable to lift his whole length because the tail was severed, yet still rearing up with half his body to glare.”
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