Shloka 836
Ulūka’s Provocation and Keśava’s Counter-Message (उलूकदूत्ये केशवप्रत्युत्तरम्)
पौरुषं दर्शयन् युद्धे कोपस्य कुरु निष्कृतिम् । 'क्षत्राणी जिसके लिये पुत्र पैदा करती है
pauruṣaṃ darśayan yuddhe kopasya kuru niṣkṛtim |
Sanjaya berkata: “Tunjukkan keperkasaanmu di medan perang dan lakukan penebusan atas amarahmu. Inilah saat untuk menunaikan tujuan mengapa perempuan kṣatriya melahirkan putra: perlihatkan kekuatan, keberanian, kepahlawanan yang unggul, kelincahan dalam menggunakan senjata, dan tekad; biarkan amarah yang lama tumbuh itu terkuras dan reda melalui ujian perang.”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames kṣatriya duty as disciplined valor: anger should not remain a private, corrosive passion but must be resolved—‘atoned for’ or ‘worked out’—through rightful action aligned with one’s role, here the ordeal of battle, emphasizing controlled prowess rather than mere rage.
Sañjaya reports an exhortation urging a warrior to demonstrate prowess in the coming conflict and to bring long-standing anger to a conclusion through combat, presenting the war as the decisive moment to fulfill the kṣatriya purpose.