Shloka 48
नानाशस्त्रभृतः क्रुद्धा भर्त्सयन्तो मुहुर्मुहु: । तब नाना प्रकारके अस्त्र-शस्त्र धारण किये कुपित पाण्डव-सैनिक एक साथ गर्जना करते हुए वहाँ दुर्योधनपर टूट पड़े और बारंबार उसे फटकारने लगे ।। दुर्योधनो5प्यसम्भ्रान्तस्तान् रणे निशितै: शरै:,इससे दुर्योधनको तनिक भी घबराहट नहीं हुई। वह रणभूमिमें कुपित हो पैने बाणोंसे शत्रुपक्षके सैकड़ों और हजारों योद्धाओंका संहार करने लगा। वह सब ओर घूम-घूमकर पाण्डव-सेनाके साथ जूझ रहा था
sañjaya uvāca | nānāśastrabhṛtaḥ kruddhā bhartsayanto muhur muhuḥ | duryodhano 'py asambhrāntas tān raṇe niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ |
Sañjaya said: Enraged warriors bearing many kinds of weapons repeatedly reviled him again and again. Yet Duryodhana, unshaken and without confusion, met them on the battlefield with razor-sharp arrows—standing his ground amid the storm of abuse and assault, and answering fury with relentless martial force. The passage highlights the moral tension of war: anger and taunting swell the violence, while steadfastness here appears as grim resolve rather than virtue, since courage is yoked to destruction.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores how anger and verbal provocation (bhartsanā) intensify violence in war, while composure (asambhrānta) can be morally ambiguous: steadiness is a power, but its ethical value depends on the cause it serves.
Pāṇḍava fighters, furious and armed with many weapons, surge against Duryodhana while repeatedly taunting him. Duryodhana remains unflustered and counters them in the battle with sharp arrows, continuing to fight fiercely.