Shloka 45
Karṇa-parva Adhyāya 19 — Saṃśaptaka–Trigarta Assault and Aindra-astra Counter
ततः प्रजज्वाल परेण मन्युना पादाहतो नागपतिर्यथा तथा । समाददे चान्तकदण्डसंनिभा- निषूनमित्रार्तिकरां क्षतुर्दश,तब अअश्वत्थामा पैरोंसे ठुकराये हुए नागराजके समान शीघ्र ही अत्यन्त क्रोधसे जल उठा। फिर तो उसने यमदण्डके समान शत्रुओंको संताप देनेवाले चौदह बाण हाथमें लिये
tataḥ prajajvāla pareṇa manyunā pādāhato nāgapatir yathā tathā | samādade cāntakadaṇḍasaṁnibhān niśūnamitrārtikarān kṣaturdaśa ||
Sañjaya said: Then, stung by a supreme fury—like the lord of serpents when struck by a foot—he blazed up at once. Thereupon he took up fourteen arrows, like the rod of Yama in their dread power, intent on tormenting and destroying the enemy host. The verse underscores how insult and injury in war can ignite wrath, and how such wrath immediately seeks expression through lethal means.
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