Shloka 47
Śalya–Yudhiṣṭhira Duel and the Discharge of the Śakti (शल्यवधप्रसङ्गः)
युधिष्ठिरस्तु मद्रेशमभ्यधावदमर्षित: । स्वयं संनोदयजन्नश्वान् दन्तवर्णान् मनोजवान्
yudhiṣṭhiras tu madreśam abhyadhāvad amarṣitaḥ | svayaṃ saṃnodayann aśvān dantavarṇān manojavān ||
サञ्जयは言った。「憤激したユディシュティラは、マドラの主シャリヤへ真っ直ぐ突撃した。歯のように白く、心のごとく速い馬を、彼は自ら駆り立てて進ませた。」
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even a ruler devoted to dharma may be driven to fierce action when justice, grief, and duty converge; the verse frames wrath not as mere passion but as a battle-moment where a king personally assumes responsibility and confronts a powerful adversary.
Sañjaya describes Yudhiṣṭhira, angered, charging directly at Śalya, the Madra king, while personally driving his swift white horses—signaling an intense close engagement in the Kurukṣetra war.