Shloka 40
द्रोणपर्व — अध्याय १६२: प्रातःसंध्यायां युद्धप्रवृत्तिः तथा रजोमेघे संमूढता
निर्दहन्निव चक्षुर्भ्या पार्षत॑ सो5भ्यवैक्षत
nirdahann iva cakṣurbhyāṃ pārṣataḥ so 'bhyavaikṣata
Sañjaya dit : Les yeux comme embrasés, le fils de Pārṣatī (Dhṛṣṭadyumna) le fixa — un regard intense, chargé de colère, signe d’une résolution qui se durcit au milieu de la tension morale du combat.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how inner states—especially wrath and determination—manifest outwardly in war; it implicitly warns that intense emotion can drive action, intensifying the ethical burden of choices made on the battlefield.
Sañjaya describes Dhṛṣṭadyumna (called Pārṣata) staring fiercely—his eyes ‘as if burning’—at an opponent, marking a moment of heightened hostility and imminent action within the Drona Parva battle sequence.