Shloka 36
अध्याय २२ — अमर्याद-युद्धवर्णन
Unrestrained Battle Description and Śakuni’s Rear Assault
तस्य तैरभवद् युद्धमिन्द्रियेरिव देहिन:
tasya tair abhavad yuddham indriyair iva dehinaḥ
Sañjaya dit : Pour lui, la bataille qui s’éleva contre eux fut semblable à la lutte qu’un être vivant endure avec ses sens — un combat intérieur où la maîtrise, la retenue et la résolution sont éprouvées au milieu du tumulte extérieur.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames external warfare as analogous to the inner moral-psychological struggle: just as the senses can overpower the embodied self, opponents can press and destabilize a warrior. The ethical emphasis is on mastery—steadiness, restraint, and disciplined agency amid pressure.
Sañjaya describes a combat encounter in which a particular warrior’s fight with his adversaries becomes intense and consuming, and he characterizes it through a simile: it resembles the continual contest between a person and the pull of the senses.