Shloka 253
Droṇa-parva Adhyāya 125: Duryodhana’s despair and vow after Jayadratha’s fall (जयद्रथवधे दुर्योधनविलापः)
सर्वपारशवीं शक्तिं विससर्ज जिघांसया । तदनन्तर दुःशासनने वहाँसे जाते हुए वृष्णिवीर सात्यकिपर कुपित हो उन्हें मार डालनेकी इच्छासे सम्पूर्णतः लोहेकी बनी हुई शक्ति चलायी
sarvapāraśavīṁ śaktiṁ visasarga jighāṁsayā |
Sañjaya said: With the intent to kill, he hurled the entire iron spear-weapon known as the Pāraśavī Śakti. In the flow of battle, as Sātyaki—the Vṛṣṇi hero—was moving on after striking down Duḥśāsana, his foe, enraged, launched this weapon at him, driven by the desire to slay. The moment underscores how wrath and vengeance intensify violence on the battlefield, eclipsing restraint and ethical deliberation.
संजय उवाच
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The verse highlights how the intent to kill (jighāṁsā) and anger can dominate decision-making in war, pushing combatants toward extreme, potentially indiscriminate violence; it invites reflection on restraint and ethical agency even amid kṣatriya conflict.
After Duḥśāsana has been struck down and Sātyaki is moving on, an enraged opponent hurls the Pāraśavī śakti—an iron spear-like missile—at Sātyaki with the explicit intention of killing him, as reported by Sañjaya.