Shloka 356
Draupadī-apaharaṇa-saṃdeśaḥ
Report of Draupadī’s Abduction and the Pāṇḍavas’ Pursuit
रजस्तमो भ्यामाक्रान्ता: फाल्गुनस्य वधैषिण: । इसी प्रकार राक्षसोंसे आविष्टचित्त होकर वे संशप्तक वीर भी रजोगुण और तमोगुणसे आक्रान्त हो अर्जुनको मार डालनेकी इच्छा रखने लगे
rajas-tamobhyām ākrāntāḥ phālgunasya vadhaiṣiṇaḥ |
Vaiśampāyana dijo: Dominados por la pasión y la oscuridad (rajas y tamas), se volvieron decididos a dar muerte a Phālguna (Arjuna). Así, con la mente apresada por una furia semejante a la de los rākṣasas, aquellos guerreros Saṁsaptaka también—abrumados por esos impulsos inferiores—fijaron su voluntad en matar a Arjuna.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
When rajas (agitated passion) and tamas (deluding darkness) dominate, intention narrows into destructive fixation; the verse frames violence as arising from inner guṇic imbalance rather than clear-sighted dharma.
The narrator describes a group of warriors (identified in context as the Saṁsaptakas) becoming mentally seized by demonic fury and, driven by rajas and tamas, resolving to kill Arjuna (Phālguna).