Mahabharata 7.183.8 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 183, Shloka 8
जरासंधो हि रुषितो रौहिणेयप्रधर्षित: । अस्मद्वधार्थ चिक्षेप गदां वै सर्वधातिनीम्
jarāsaṃdho hi ruṣito rauhiṇeyapradarṣitaḥ | asmad-vadhārthaṃ cikṣepa gadāṃ vai sarvadhātinīm ||
Vāyu dit : « Jarāsandha, irrité d’avoir été humilié par Rauhiṇeya (Balarāma), lança—visant notre anéantissement—sa massue, arme qui, en vérité, apporte la mort à tous. »
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The verse highlights how humiliation and anger can escalate into indiscriminate violence: Jarāsandha’s wounded pride turns into a resolve to kill, symbolized by the ‘all-destroying’ mace. Ethically, it warns that unchecked wrath (krodha) leads to destructive, adharma-leaning action.
Vāyu recounts an earlier incident: after Balarāma (Rauhiṇeya) defeats and humiliates Jarāsandha in battle, Jarāsandha, furious, throws his deadly mace with the intention of killing ‘us’ (the group aligned with the speaker’s side).
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