Shloka 36
Śalya-hatānantarāṇi: Madrarāja-padānugānāṃ praskandana and the Pandava counter-encirclement (शल्यहतानन्तराणि—मद्रराजपदानुगानां प्रस्कन्दनम्)
स धर्मराजो निहताश्वसूत: क्रोधेन दीप्तो ज्वलनप्रकाश: । दृष्टवा च मद्राधिपतिं सम तूर्ण समभ्यधावत् तमरिं बलेन
sa dharmarājo nihatāśvasūtaḥ krodhena dīpto jvalanaprakāśaḥ | dṛṣṭvā ca madrādhipatiṃ śalyaṃ tūṛṇaṃ samabhyadhāvat tam ariṃ balena ||
Dijo Sañjaya: El rey Yudhiṣṭhira, el Dharmarāja, cuyos caballos y auriga habían sido abatidos, ardía de ira como un fuego. Al ver a Śalya, señor de Madra, se lanzó con rapidez y fuerza contra aquel enemigo.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even the most dharmic person can be shaken by loss; the verse highlights how grief can ignite anger, and how the ethical challenge in war is to act with restraint and purpose rather than be ruled by wrath.
After Yudhiṣṭhira’s horses and charioteer are killed, he becomes fiercely enraged. Spotting Śalya, the Madra king, he charges at him with full force on the battlefield.