Shloka 8
अध्याय ६० — कर्णस्य पाञ्चाल-सोमक-निग्रहः
Karna’s Suppression of the Panchala–Somaka Forces
जिघांसन्तो नरव्याप्रा: समन््तात् तव वाहिनीम् | अभ्यद्रवन्त संक्रुद्धा:समरे जितकाशिन:,भीमसेन, सात्यकि, शिखण्डी, जनमेजय, बलवान धृष्टद्युम्म और समस्त प्रभद्रकगण-- ये सभी पुरुषसिंह वीर समरांगणमें विजयसे उल्लसित होते हुए क्रोधमें भरकर आपकी सेनाको मार डालनेकी इच्छासे चारों ओरसे उसके ऊपर टूट पड़े
jighāṃsanto naravyāprāḥ samantāt tava vāhinīm | abhyadravanta saṃkruddhāḥ samare jitakāśinaḥ || bhīmasenaḥ sātyakiḥ śikhaṇḍī janamejayaḥ balavān dhṛṣṭadyumnaś ca sarve prabhadrakagaṇāś ca—ete sarve puruṣasiṃhā vīrāḥ samarāṅgaṇe vijayenollasitāḥ krodhabharitāḥ tava senāṃ jighāṃsayantaḥ samantāt tām abhyapatanta ||
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संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the ethical ambiguity of war: even when warriors fight under a banner of justice or duty, their actions can be fueled by krodha (wrath) and the urge to kill. It implicitly warns that passions can overtake discernment, and that victory-mindedness may intensify violence beyond mere duty.
Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that leading Pāṇḍava-side champions—Bhīma, Sātyaki, Śikhaṇḍin, Janamejaya, Dhṛṣṭadyumna, and the Prabhadrakas—charge from all directions against the Kaurava army, emboldened and enraged, seeking to cut down the opposing host.