Shloka 283
शल्यपरिघातः (Śalya Under Encirclement) — Mahābhārata, Śalya-parva, Adhyāya 12
अभ्यद्रवन् महाराज दुर्योधनपुरोगमा: । महाराज! दुर्योधन आदि कौरववीर दोनों हाथ और शस्त्र उठाकर महान् कोलाहल एवं सिंहनाद करते हुए शत्रुओंपर टूट पड़े
abhyadravan mahārāja duryodhana-purogamāḥ |
サンジャヤは言った。「大王よ、ドゥルヨーダナを先頭に、カウラヴァの勇士たちは突撃した。腕と武器を高く掲げ、轟然たる喧噪と獅子の咆哮のごとき叫びをあげて敵へと襲いかかった――それは戦の猛き奔流の姿、誇りと武の熱が人を暴力へと一直線に駆り立てるさまにほかならぬ。」
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how leadership and collective emotion (martial pride, excitement, aggression) can propel an army into violence. Ethically, it invites reflection on how loud displays of valor and dominance may mask deeper causes—attachment, anger, and delusion—that drive war forward.
Sañjaya reports to the king that Duryodhana, at the head of the Kaurava fighters, launches a charge. The warriors raise weapons and shout loudly, roaring like lions as they rush to attack their opponents.