Shloka 14
भीष्मस्य जलप्रार्थना — अर्जुनस्य पर्जन्यास्त्रप्रयोगः — दुर्योधनं प्रति सन्ध्युपदेशः
Bhīṣma’s request for water; Arjuna’s Parjanya-astra; counsel to Duryodhana on reconciliation
ततः क्रुद्धो महाराज भीमसेन: प्रतापवान् । गौतमं ताडयामास शरैरबहुभिराहवे,महाराज! तदनन्तर क्रोधमें भरे हुए प्रतापी भीमसेनने रणक्षेत्रमें कृपाचार्यको अनेक बाणोंद्वारा घायल किया
tataḥ kruddho mahārāja bhīmasenaḥ pratāpavān | gautamaṃ tāḍayāmāsa śarair bahubhir āhave ||
પછી, મહારાજ, ક્રોધે ભરાયેલા પરાક્રમી ભીમસેને યુદ્ધમાં ગૌતમને અનેક બાણોથી પ્રહાર કર્યો.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how anger (krodha) can intensify violence in war: a warrior’s inner emotion quickly becomes outward action. In the ethical frame of the Mahābhārata, even when fighting aligns with kṣatriya-duty, uncontrolled wrath is shown as a force that escalates harm and clouds discernment.
Sañjaya reports to King Dhṛtarāṣṭra that Bhīma, provoked and furious, attacks Kṛpācārya (called ‘Gautama’) on the battlefield, wounding him with a volley of many arrows.