Shloka 41
Bhīma–Duryodhana Gadāyuddha Saṃkalpa
Resolve for the Mace Duel
प्रजानामिव संक़्रुद्धं शूलपाणिमिव स्थितम् । हाथमें गदा लिये हुए दुर्योधनको पाण्डवोंने इस प्रकार देखा, मानो कोई शुंगयुक्त पर्वत हो अथवा प्रजापर कुपित होकर हाथमें त्रिशूल लिये हुए रुद्रदेव खड़े हों ।।
sañjaya uvāca | prajānām iva saṅkruddhaṃ śūlapāṇim iva sthitam | gadāpāṇiṃ duryodhanaṃ pāṇḍavāḥ samapaśyan yathā śṛṅgavat parvataṃ yathā vā prajāsu kupitaṃ rudraṃ triśūlapāṇim | sa-gado bhārato bhāti pratapan bhāskaro yathā | jalāt samutthitaṃ gadāpāṇiṃ mahābāhuṃ duryodhanaṃ dṛṣṭvā sarva-bhūtāni mene daṇḍadharaṃ yamaṃ prādurbhūtam iti ||
サञ्जयは語った。パाण्डヴァたちは、ガダーを手に立つドゥルヨーダナを見た――万有のために憤るルドラその人が、トリシューラ（三叉戟）を執って立つかのように。あるいは角ある山が眼前にそびえ立つかのように。ガダーを帯びるバラタ族の英雄は、燃えさかる太陽のごとく輝いていた。敵を圧する大腕のドゥルヨーダナが、武器を携えて水より現れ出るのを見て、あらゆる生きものは、罰杖を執るヤマ（死の王）が顕現したかのように感じた――それは、戦の道義の闇における容赦なき破滅の兆しであった。
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores how war magnifies human wrath into something seemingly divine and inevitable: Duryodhana’s martial fury is likened to Rudra and Yama, suggesting that when adharma-driven conflict peaks, it takes on the force of destruction and punishment, overwhelming ordinary moral restraint.
Sañjaya describes the Pāṇḍavas seeing Duryodhana appear with his mace, shining like the sun and terrifying like Rudra with a trident or Yama with the staff of punishment—setting the tone for the climactic mace-fight atmosphere of Shalya Parva.