Shloka 36
कर्णपर्व — पञ्चदशोऽध्यायः | Karṇa Parva, Chapter 15: Pāṇḍya’s Advance and Aśvatthāmā’s Counterstroke
शरजालेन महता विद्ध्वा माधवपाण्डवौ । ननाद मुदितो द्रौणिर्महामेघौधनि:स्वनम्
śarajālena mahatā viddhvā mādhava-pāṇḍavau | nanāda mudito drauṇir mahāmeghaudhaniḥsvanam ||
Sañjaya berkata: Setelah menembus Mādhava dan sang Pāṇḍava dengan jaring anak panah yang besar, putra Droṇa, Drauṇi, bersorak girang dan mengaum laksana gelegar segumpal awan hujan raksasa.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the moral tension of war: tactical success can produce exhilaration and boastful display, yet such exultation is ethically ambiguous. It invites reflection on self-mastery—how a warrior’s emotions (pride, triumph) can eclipse discernment about dharma and the human cost of violence.
Sañjaya reports that Aśvatthāmā (Drauṇi), after striking Kṛṣṇa (Mādhava) and the Pāṇḍava warrior on the chariot with a dense barrage of arrows, becomes delighted and lets out a thunderous roar, likened to the rumbling of great rain-clouds.