Shloka 45
Chapter 51: Saṃdhyākāla-saṃhāra
Evening Withdrawal after Arjuna’s Counter-Advance
अभ्यधावज्जिघांसन् वै शल्यं मद्राधिपं बली । उस बलवान वीरने इन्द्रधनुषके समान अपने विशाल शरासनको कानोंतक खींचकर मद्रराज शल्यको मार डालनेकी इच्छासे उनपर धावा किया ।। ४४ ई ।। महता रथवंशेन समन्तात् परिवारित:
sañjaya uvāca | abhyadhāvaj jighāṃsan vai śalyaṃ madrādhipaṃ balī | mahata rathavaṃśena samantāt parivāritaḥ ||
サンジャヤは言った。猛き勇士は、マドラの主シャリヤを討たんと欲して前へと突進した。大いなる戦車の隊列に四方を囲まれながらも、彼は攻めかかる――広大な弓を耳元まで引き絞り――戦場の烈しい決意に駆られて。そこでは、殺意と武勇が、血縁を討つことの道義の重みと、戦場における義務とにせめぎ合うのである。
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the battlefield mindset where a warrior’s intent (jighāṃsā—desire to kill) and martial duty surge forward, yet implicitly raises the ethical tension of violence undertaken as kṣatriya-dharma amid kin and allies.
Sañjaya narrates a powerful fighter charging to kill Śalya, the king of Madra, while being surrounded by a large formation of chariots—an image of escalating combat and tactical encirclement.