Shloka 48
शल्यस्य पाण्डवसेनापीडनम् — Śalya’s Assault on the Pāṇḍava Host
with Omens and Bhīma’s Counter
ततः क्रुद्धो महाराज नकुल: परवीरहा । शरैस्तस्य दिश: सर्वाश्छादयामास वीर्यवान्
tataḥ kruddho mahārāja nakulaḥ paravīrahā | śarais tasya diśaḥ sarvāś chādayāmāsa vīryavān ||
ಸಂಜಯನು ಹೇಳಿದನು—ಮಹಾರಾಜನೇ! ನಂತರ ಶತ್ರುವೀರಹಂತಕನಾದ ವೀರ್ಯವಂತ ನಕುಲನು ಕ್ರುದ್ಧನಾಗಿ, ಬಾಣಗಳ ಘನ ವೃಷ್ಟಿಯಿಂದ ತನ್ನ ಶತ್ರುವಿನ ಸುತ್ತಲಿನ ಎಲ್ಲ ದಿಕ್ಕುಗಳನ್ನು ಮುಚ್ಚಿಬಿಟ್ಟನು.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how kṣatriya energy—especially anger—manifests as decisive martial action. It implicitly warns that wrath, even when aligned with warrior duty, escalates destruction; therefore discipline and discernment are crucial within dharma-bound conflict.
Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that Nakula, enraged, unleashes such a barrage of arrows that the opponent’s surrounding quarters seem covered—an image of overwhelming pressure in battle.