Shloka 34
भीष्मशिबिरगमनम् — Duryodhana’s Visit to Bhīṣma’s Camp and the Command Appeal
अमृष्यमाणास्ते सर्वे सुबलस्यात्मजा रणे । इरावन्तमभिद्रुत्य सर्वत: पर्यवारयन्
amṛṣyamāṇās te sarve subalasyātmajā raṇe | irāvantam abhidrutya sarvataḥ paryavārayan |
Tak sanggup menahan diri di medan perang, semua putra Subala menyerbu Irāvān dan mengepungnya dari segala penjuru.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights a recurring ethical pattern in the Mahābhārata: when loss and shame are not borne with restraint, they quickly turn into anger and vengeance. In the moral landscape of the epic, such reactive fury can intensify violence and cloud discernment, even when framed within the duties of war.
Sanjaya reports that Subala’s sons, unable to tolerate seeing their side’s forces being slain, charge at Irāvān and encircle him from all directions, setting up a concentrated assault against a single warrior.