Shloka 30
भीष्म-युधिष्ठिर-संमर्दः
Bhīṣma’s Pressure on Yudhiṣṭhira; Śikhaṇḍī’s Approach; Evening Withdrawal
पुनश्चान्यान् शरान् पीतानकुण्ठाग्रान्ू शिलाशितान् । प्रेषयामास संक़रुद्धो विकर्णाय महाबल:,तत्पश्चात् उस महाबली वीरने अत्यन्त कुपित हो शानपर चढ़ाकर तेज किये हुए अप्रतिहत धारवाले दूसरे पानीदार बाण विकर्णपर चलाये
sañjaya uvāca |
punaścānyān śarān pītān akuṇṭhāgrān śilāśitān |
preṣayāmāsa saṅkruddho vikarṇāya mahābalaḥ ||
तत्पश्चात् वह महाबली वीर अत्यन्त क्रुद्ध होकर शान पर चढ़ाए हुए, शिला पर तेज किए गए, अप्रतिहत धार वाले दूसरे चमकीले बाण विकर्ण पर चलाने लगा।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how anger (krodha) escalates conflict: when a warrior becomes saṅkruddha, his prowess expresses itself as intensified, repeated violence. It implicitly cautions that inner states shape ethical outcomes even within the framework of kṣatriya duty.
Sañjaya narrates that a mighty fighter, enraged, again shoots additional arrows at Vikarṇa—arrows described as gleaming, stone-whetted, and with unblunted sharp points—indicating a renewed, forceful assault in the battle.