Shloka 106
समाददान: पृथगस्त्रमार्गान् यथाग्निरिद्धों गहनं निदाघे । स्थूणाकर्ण पाशुपतं महास्त्र ब्राह्मंं चास्त्रं यच्च शक्रो5प्यदान्मे,'जैसे गर्मीमें प्रजज्लित हुई आग जब वनको जलाने लगती है, तब किसी भी वृक्षको बाकी नहीं छोड़ती, उसी प्रकार मैं शत्रुओंके वधके लिये सुसज्जित हो अस्त्रसंचालनकी विभिन्न रीतियोंका आश्रय ले स्थूणाकर्ण, महान् पाशुपतास्त्र, ब्रह्मास्त्र तथा जिसे इन्द्रने मुझे दिया था, उस इन्द्रास्त्रका भी प्रयोग करूँगा और वेगशाली बाणोंकी वर्षा करके इस युद्धमें किसीको भी जीवित नहीं छोडूँगा। ऐसा करनेपर ही मुझे शान्ति मिलेगी। संजय! तुम उनसे स्पष्ट कह देना कि मेरा यह दृढ़ और उत्तम निश्चय है
samādadānaḥ pṛthag-astramārgān yathāgnir iddho gahanaṃ nidāghe | sthūṇākarṇaṃ pāśupataṃ mahāstraṃ brāhmaṃ cāstraṃ yac ca śakro 'py adān me ||
Sañjaya said: “Taking up the various modes of weaponry, I shall act like a blazing fire in the heat of summer that consumes a dense forest and leaves no tree standing. For the destruction of my enemies I will employ the Sthūṇākarṇa weapon, the great Pāśupata missile, the Brahmā-weapon, and also that weapon which Indra himself once granted me. With a storm of swift arrows I will leave none alive in this battle. Only by doing so will I find peace. Sañjaya, tell them plainly: this is my firm and resolute decision.”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how unchecked wrath and the pursuit of total annihilation can be rationalized as ‘peace’ for oneself, revealing an ethical tension: personal satisfaction is sought through disproportionate violence, symbolized by a summer forest-fire that spares nothing.
A warrior’s vow is being reported through Sañjaya: he declares that he will adopt multiple techniques of missile warfare and unleash powerful divine weapons—Pāśupata, Brahmāstra, and Indra’s gift—likening his onslaught to a fire consuming a forest, intending to leave no enemy alive.