Shloka 17
अध्याय ८८ — घटोत्कच-दुर्योधनयुद्धवर्णनम्
Ghaṭotkaca–Duryodhana Engagement
युधिष्ठिरें भीमसेनं यमौ च पार्थ कृष्णं युधि संजातकोप: । दुर्योधन: क्रोधविषो महात्मा जघान बाणैरनलप्रकाशै:
sañjaya uvāca |
yudhiṣṭhire bhīmasenaṃ yamau ca pārthaṃ kṛṣṇaṃ yudhi sañjātakopaḥ |
duryodhanaḥ krodhaviṣo mahātmā jaghāna bāṇair analaprakāśaiḥ ||
Sañjaya dit : Dans la bataille, Duryodhana—dont la colère était comme un venin—se leva dans la fureur et frappa Yudhiṣṭhira, Bhīmasena, les jumeaux (Nakula et Sahadeva), Pārtha (Arjuna) et Kṛṣṇa de flèches flamboyantes comme le feu. La scène souligne que la rage sans frein, si puissante soit-elle à la guerre, agit comme un poison moral, poussant à une violence aveugle même contre les plus grands adversaires.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights krodha (anger) as a destructive ‘poison’: in war it may amplify force, but ethically it clouds discernment and pushes one toward reckless, indiscriminate aggression—an inner failing with outward consequences.
Sañjaya reports that Duryodhana, inflamed with rage, launches a fierce volley of fire-bright arrows against key Pāṇḍava leaders—Yudhiṣṭhira, Bhīma, Nakula, Sahadeva, Arjuna—and even Kṛṣṇa on the battlefield.