Shloka 9
Droṇa-parva Adhyāya 49: Yudhiṣṭhira’s Lament and Strategic Foreboding after Abhimanyu’s Fall
दौ:शासनिरथं साश्वं गदया समपोथयत् । इसके बाद दस वसातीय रथियोंको मार डाला। केकयोंके सात रथों और दस हाथियोंको मारकर दुःशासनकुमारके घोड़ोंसहित रथको भी गदाके आघातसे चूर-चूर कर डाला ।। ८$ || ततो दौ:शासनि: क्रुद्धो गदामुद्यम्य मारिष
dauḥśāsanirathaṃ sāśvaṃ gadayā samapothayat | tato dauḥśāsaniḥ kruddho gadām udyamya māriṣa ||
ສັນຊະຍະ ກ່າວວ່າ: ດ້ວຍຄອນກະບອກ (ຄະດາ) ລາວໄດ້ທຸບທຳລາຍລົດສົງຄາມຂອງບຸດດຸຫະສາສະນະ ພ້ອມທັງມ້າໃຫ້ແຕກລະອຽດ. ແລ້ວບຸດດຸຫະສາສະນະ ກໍໂກດເກຣີ້ຍວ ຍົກຄະດາຂຶ້ນ—ໂອ ທ່ານຜູ້ເຈົ້າ—ພ້ອມຈະຕອບໂຕ.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how anger (krodha) fuels retaliation and intensifies destruction; in dharmic terms, loss of self-control on the battlefield leads to further adharma-like excess even within the frame of kṣatriya warfare.
A warrior crushes Duḥśāsana’s son’s horse-chariot with a mace; immediately afterward, the son—furious—raises his own mace to counterattack, signaling the next exchange in the duel.