Shloka 64
क्रोधसंविग्नमनसो द्रोणस्य सशरं धनु: । उनकी यह बात सुनकर क्षत्रधर्मा युद्धके लिये द्रोणाचार्यके सामने आकर खड़ा हो गया। उस महाबली वीरने अर्धचन्द्राकार बाण मारकर क्रोधसे उद्विग्न मनवाले द्रोणाचार्यके धनुष और बाणको काट दिया ।। ६३ $ || स संरब्धतरो भूत्वा द्रोण: क्षत्रियमर्दन:
krodha-saṁvigna-manaso droṇasya saśaraṁ dhanuḥ | sa saṁrabdhataraḥ bhūtvā droṇaḥ kṣatriya-mardanaḥ ||
Sañjaya said: The bow of Droṇa, with its arrow still set, was cut down while his mind was shaken by anger. Then Droṇa—ever a crusher of warriors—became still more enraged, as the code of battle and the fierce momentum of war drove both sides toward escalating retaliation.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how anger destabilizes judgment and accelerates violence: once a warrior’s mind is seized by wrath, the conflict tends to intensify, testing kṣatriya-dharma and the restraint expected even amid lawful combat.
Sañjaya reports that Droṇa’s bow—already set with an arrow—gets cut, and Droṇa responds by becoming even more fiercely enraged, signaling a sharp escalation in the duel and the wider battle.