Shloka 346
अध्याय १५९ — रात्रौ श्रमविरामः
Night Exhaustion and Brief Pause in Battle
चिक्षेप परमक्रुद्धों जिघांसु: पाण्डुनन्दनम् । उस अस्त्रके नष्ट हो जानेपर द्रोणाचार्यने युधिष्ठिरपर क्रमश: वारुण, याम्य, आग्नेय, त्वाष्ट और सावित्र नामक दिव्यास्त्र चलाया; क्योंकि वे अत्यन्त कुपित होकर पाण्डुनन्दन युधिष्ठिरको मार डालना चाहते थे
cikṣepa paramakruddho jighāṃsuḥ pāṇḍunandanam | tasmin astre naṣṭe (vinaṣṭe) sati droṇācāryo yudhiṣṭhiram prati krameṇa vāruṇaṃ yāmyaṃ āgneyaṃ tvāṣṭraṃ sāvitram iti divyāstrāṇi mumoca; sa hi atīva kupitaḥ san pāṇḍunandanaṃ yudhiṣṭhiraṃ hantum aicchat |
Sanjaya berkata: Diliputi amarah yang menyala dan berniat membunuh putra Pāṇḍu, Yudhiṣṭhira, Droṇācārya melemparkan senjatanya. Ketika peluru itu dihancurkan, Drona—terdorong murka—lalu, satu demi satu, melepaskan senjata ilahi bernama Vāruṇa, Yāmya, Āgneya, Tvāṣṭra, dan Sāvitra ke arah Yudhiṣṭhira.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The passage highlights the ethical danger of anger (krodha) in warfare: even a venerable teacher can misuse sacred, divinely empowered knowledge when driven by personal fury, showing how inner restraint is integral to dharma.
Droṇa, enraged and determined to kill Yudhiṣṭhira, launches a missile; when it is neutralized, he escalates by releasing a sequence of powerful divine astras—Vāruṇa, Yāmya, Āgneya, Tvāṣṭra, and Sāvitra—directed at Yudhiṣṭhira.