Shloka 17
भीष्मरक्षण-उद्योगः, शिखण्डि-विवर्जनं, सर्वतोभद्र-व्यूहः
Protection of Bhīṣma, Exemption of Śikhaṇḍin, and the Sarvatobhadra Array
भूयश्व विननादोग्र॑ क्रोधसंरक्तलोचन: । त्रासयामास सैन्यानि युगान्ते जलदो यथा
bhūyaś ca vinanādograḥ krodha-saṁrakta-locanaḥ | trāsayām āsa sainyāni yugānte jalado yathā ||
फिर क्रोध से लाल नेत्र किए वह पुनः भयंकर गर्जना करने लगा; युगान्त में संवर्तक मेघ की गर्जना के समान उसकी ध्वनि ने समस्त सेनाओं को त्रस्त कर दिया।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how uncontrolled anger manifests outwardly—through terrifying speech and demeanor—and how such wrath spreads fear and destabilizes many. Ethically, it underscores anger’s contagious power in war: it can overwhelm discernment and drive collective panic.
Sañjaya describes a warrior (implied from context) roaring again with rage, his eyes bloodshot. The roar is compared to the thunder of a cataclysmic cloud at the end of time, and it frightens the assembled troops, especially the Kaurava forces.