Shloka 51
Sauptika Parva, Adhyaya 8 — Dhṛṣṭadyumna-vadha and the Camp’s Nocturnal Rout
ततः परमसंक्रुद्धः पितुर्वधमनुस्मरन्
tataḥ paramasaṃkruddhaḥ pitur vadham anusmaran
Then, seized by extreme fury, he kept recalling the slaying of his father—his mind driven by grief and vengeance, and his judgment clouded by the memory of that wrong.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Unchecked anger fueled by obsessive remembrance of injury—especially the death of a loved one—can overpower discernment and push one toward ethically destructive choices; the verse highlights how grief can harden into vengeance.
Sañjaya describes a warrior becoming intensely enraged as he repeatedly recalls his father's killing, a mental state that prepares the ground for retaliatory action in the grim aftermath of the war.