Shloka 45
Karṇa-parva Adhyāya 19 — Saṃśaptaka–Trigarta Assault and Aindra-astra Counter
ततः प्रजज्वाल परेण मन्युना पादाहतो नागपतिर्यथा तथा । समाददे चान्तकदण्डसंनिभा- निषूनमित्रार्तिकरां क्षतुर्दश
tataḥ prajajvāla pareṇa manyunā pādāhato nāgapatir yathā tathā | samādade cāntakadaṇḍasaṁnibhān niśūnamitrārtikarān kṣaturdaśa ||
សញ្ជ័យបាននិយាយ៖ បន្ទាប់មក គាត់រលត់ឡើងដោយកំហឹងដ៏ខ្លាំងបំផុត ដូចព្រះនាគរាជដែលត្រូវជើងទាត់។ ហើយភ្លាមនោះ គាត់យកព្រួញដប់បួនដើម ដែលគួរឱ្យភ័យខ្លាចដូចដំបងយមរាជ មានបំណងធ្វើឲ្យសត្រូវរងទុក្ខ និងបំផ្លាញកងទ័ពសត្រូវ។
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how humiliation or injury can rapidly inflame anger, and how anger in a battlefield context tends to translate immediately into destructive action. Ethically, it warns that unchecked wrath becomes a driver of cruelty, even when framed as martial retaliation.
Sañjaya describes a warrior (contextually, Aśvatthāmā in the surrounding narration) flaring up in intense rage, compared to a Nāga-king struck by a foot, and then taking up fourteen deadly arrows likened to Yama’s rod, ready to inflict suffering on enemies.