Shloka 506
Sauptika Parva, Adhyaya 8 — Dhṛṣṭadyumna-vadha and the Camp’s Nocturnal Rout
ननाद बलवन्नादं जिघांसुस्तान् महारथान् । उन महारथियोंको बाणोंकी वर्षा करते देख अअश्वत्थामा उन्हें मार डालनेकी इच्छासे जोर-जोरसे गर्जना करने लगा
nanāda balavan nādaṃ jighāṃsus tān mahārathān |
サञ्जयは語った。――あの大車戦士たちを討たんとする殺意に燃えるアシュヴァッターマは、力強い咆哮を放った。戦場で彼らが矢の雨を降らせるのを見て、彼はさらに大声で吼え立てた――その叫びは、復讐に駆られ、戦の苛烈な奔流に押し流される心を露わにし、そこでは自制とダルマが破壊の衝動に覆い隠されていた。
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how the will to kill (jighāṃsā) can overpower discernment, showing the ethical danger of vengeance in war: a warrior’s inner state—rage and intent—can signal a slide away from dharma even before any act is committed.
Sañjaya narrates that Aśvatthāmā, seeing the great warriors engaged in fierce combat and releasing volleys of arrows, roars loudly with the intention of killing them—an outward display of his aggressive resolve as the Sauptika events intensify.