Mahabharata 7.177.44 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 177, Shloka 44
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viviśur dharaṇīṃ bāṇāḥ saṃkruddhā iva pannagāḥ | tadanantaraṃ vai rudhirase raṅge huye bāṇaḥ tasmin mahāsamare karṇaṃ chittvā kupitāḥ sarpā iva dharaṇyāṃ samāgatāḥ ||
സഞ്ജയൻ പറഞ്ഞു—ക്രുദ്ധ സർപ്പങ്ങളെപ്പോലെ ബാണങ്ങൾ ഭൂമിയിലേക്കു കുത്തിനുഴഞ്ഞു. തുടർന്ന് ആ രക്തവർണ്ണിത ശരം മഹാസമരത്തിൽ കർണനെ ഭേദിച്ച്, കോപിച്ച നാഗങ്ങളെപ്പോലെ നിലത്തിനകത്ത് ലയിച്ചു.
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The verse underscores how anger and martial intensity manifest as destructive force: weapons driven by wrath do not merely strike an enemy but leave the battlefield itself marked, suggesting that violence—once unleashed—spreads beyond its immediate target and carries unavoidable consequences.
Sañjaya describes arrows that, after piercing Karṇa in the great battle, continue onward and sink into the earth. The simile of enraged serpents heightens the sense of lethal speed, fury, and the battlefield’s terrifying momentum.
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