Mahabharata 7.111.20 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 111, Shloka 20
कर्णभीमसेनयुद्धम् | Karṇa–Bhīmasena Engagement
Chapter 111
तंक्रुद्धं राक्षसं युद्धे प्रतिक्रुद्धस्तु राक्षस:
taṁ kruddhaṁ rākṣasaṁ yuddhe pratikruddhas tu rākṣasaḥ
Dijo Sañjaya: En medio de la batalla, aquel Rākṣasa enfurecido fue enfrentado por otro Rākṣasa que, a su vez, se alzó con igual ira—ira respondiendo a ira, mientras la violencia de la guerra se intensificaba.
संजय उवाच
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The verse highlights how anger in war tends to mirror and multiply itself—wrath provokes wrath—suggesting an ethical warning about the self-perpetuating cycle of violence once passions dominate.
Sañjaya describes a battlefield moment where an enraged Rākṣasa confronts another Rākṣasa who becomes equally enraged in response, indicating a fierce clash and rising intensity in the combat.
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