Shloka 356
यादृशं द्रोणपुत्रेण सृष्टमस्त्रममर्षिणा । राजन! अमर्षमें भरे हुए द्रोणपुत्रने जैसे अस्त्रकी सृष्टि की थी, वैसा हमलोगोंने पहले न तो कभी देखा था और न सुना ही था
sañjaya uvāca | yādṛśaṃ droṇaputreṇa sṛṣṭam astram amarṣiṇā | rājan na tad asmābhir bhūtapūrvaṃ kadācana dṛṣṭaṃ na śrutaṃ ca ||
Sanjaya said: “O King, the weapon that the son of Drona, driven by wrath, unleashed was of such a kind that we had never before seen it, nor even heard of it. Its appearance signaled a terrifying escalation in the war, where anger and desperation began to override restraint and the ethical limits of combat.”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how anger (amarṣa) can drive even trained warriors to unleash extreme, unprecedented force, warning that loss of restraint in war leads to moral and practical catastrophe. It implicitly contrasts dharmic self-control with destructive escalation.
Sanjaya reports to King Dhritarashtra that Aśvatthāmā, Drona’s son, has discharged a formidable astra. Its power and nature are so extraordinary that the observers claim they have never seen or even heard of anything like it before.