Mahabharata 7.32.27 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 32, Shloka 27
Cakravyūha-saṃkalpaḥ, Saṃśaptaka-āhvānaṃ, Saubhadra-vikrīḍitam
Drona Parva, Adhyāya 32
आसीतू् केशपरामर्शों मुष्टियुद्धं च दारुणम्
āsīt keśaparāmarśo muṣṭiyuddhaṃ ca dāruṇam
Dijo Sañjaya: Entonces se desató una lucha sombría: forcejeos agarrándose del cabello y un feroz intercambio de golpes con los puños cerrados, señal de que la batalla había descendido a un brutal cuerpo a cuerpo donde la ira eclipsaba toda contención.
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The verse highlights how warfare can degrade into raw brutality when anger and desperation override discipline; it implicitly warns that even in a dharma-framed conflict, violence can slip beyond ethical restraint.
Sañjaya reports that the fighters closed in at very short range, grappling by the hair and striking with fists—an intense, dreadful phase of close-quarters combat within the larger battle.
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