Shloka 103
अभिमन्यु-पराक्रमवर्णनम्
Abhimanyu’s Prowess and the Duḥśāsana Engagement
अभ्यधावन्त संक़्रुद्धा विविधायुधपाणय: । शल्यके भाईके मारे जानेपर उसके बहुत-से सैनिक अपने कुल और निवासस्थानके नाम सुनाते हुए कुपित हो हाथोंमें नाना प्रकारके अस्त्र-शस्त्र लिये अर्जुनकुमार अभिमन्युकी ओर दौड़े
sañjaya uvāca | abhyadhāvanta saṅkruddhā vividhāyudhapāṇayaḥ | śalyake bhrātṛke māre jānepara usake bahut-se sainik apane kula aura nivāsasthāna ke nāma sunāte hue kupita ho hāthoṃ meṃ nānā prakāra ke astra-śastra liye arjunakumāra abhimanyu kī ora dauṛe |
Sanjaya berkata: Mendengar saudara Śalya terbunuh, banyak prajurit murka. Dengan berbagai senjata di tangan, sambil meneriakkan nama marga dan tempat asal mereka, mereka menyerbu dengan amarah menuju Abhimanyu, putra Arjuna.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how anger and clan-based vengeance can rapidly intensify conflict: identity (kula, nivāsa) becomes a rallying cry, and grief turns into retaliatory violence—an ethical warning about krodha driving adharma-like excess even within a dharma-framed war.
After Śalyaka is reported slain, many warriors, shouting their lineage and home, surge forward in fury with varied weapons and charge toward Abhimanyu, Arjuna’s son, seeking retaliation.