Shloka 37
भीष्म-युधिष्ठिर-संमर्दः
Bhīṣma’s Pressure on Yudhiṣṭhira; Śikhaṇḍī’s Approach; Evening Withdrawal
स हताश्वे रथे तिष्ठन् श्रुतकर्मा महारथ: । शक्ति चिक्षेप संक्रुद्धो महोल्कां ज्वलितामिव
sa hatāśve rathe tiṣṭhan śrutakarmā mahārathaḥ | śaktiṃ cikṣepa saṃkruddho maholkāṃ jvalitām iva ||
サンジャヤは言った。馬が討たれても、大車戦士シュルタカルマーはなお自らの戦車に立ち続けた。激怒に燃え、彼は大いなる流星のごとく灼ける「シャクティ」の武器をドゥルムカへ投げ放った。
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how anger (krodha) can propel a warrior to intensify aggression even when disadvantaged; it implicitly warns that wrath fuels escalation and clouds judgment, a recurring ethical concern in the Mahābhārata’s war narrative.
After his horses are killed, the mahāratha Śrutakarmā still stands on his chariot and, in fury, hurls a śakti weapon at his opponent (noted in the accompanying Hindi as Durmukha), likened to a blazing meteor.