Shloka 29
अभिमन्युना दुःशासनस्य ताडनम्
Abhimanyu’s Rebuke and Wounding of Duḥśāsana; Karṇa’s Counter-volley
दुःशासनस्तु संक्रुद्धः प्रभिन्न इव कुड्जर: । अयोधयत सौभद्रमभिमन्युश्न तं रणे,मदकी धारा बहानेवाले गजराजके समान क्रोधमें भरा हुआ दुःशासन उस रफक्षेत्रमें अभिमन्युसे और अभिमन्यु दुःशासनसे युद्ध करने लगे
sañjaya uvāca |
duḥśāsanas tu saṅkruddhaḥ prabhinna iva kuñjaraḥ |
ayodhayat saubhadram abhimanyunā taṃ raṇe ||
Sañjaya said: Duḥśāsana, inflamed with rage like a rut-maddened elephant, engaged Saubhadra (Abhimanyu) in battle; and there on the field Abhimanyu and Duḥśāsana fought one another. The verse underscores how wrath (krodha) drives warriors into violent confrontation, intensifying the moral darkness of the war even as personal valor is displayed.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how uncontrolled anger (krodha) propels a person into destructive action. Even amid martial valor, rage is portrayed as a force that clouds judgment and deepens the ethical degradation of war.
Duḥśāsana, furious and compared to a rut-maddened elephant, directly engages Abhimanyu (Saubhadra) in combat; the two fight each other on the battlefield during the Drona Parva sequence.