Shloka 30
द्रोणपर्व — अध्याय १६२: प्रातःसंध्यायां युद्धप्रवृत्तिः तथा रजोमेघे संमूढता
सोडतिविद्धो भृशं क्रुद्ध: पदाक्रान्त इवोरग:
soḍatividdho bhṛśaṃ kruddhaḥ padākrānta ivoragaḥ
Sañjaya dit : Bien que transpercé d’un trait, il s’emporta avec fureur—tel un serpent piétiné—et sa douleur se changea aussitôt en une rage de riposte, dangereuse, au cœur du désordre moral du combat.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how injury and humiliation can rapidly ignite wrath, making a person dangerous like a trampled serpent; ethically, it warns that unchecked anger in war multiplies harm and drives retaliatory violence.
Sañjaya describes a warrior who, though struck by a spear, becomes intensely furious, compared to a snake stepped on—signaling an imminent, fierce counterattack in the ongoing battle.