Mahabharata 7.194.31 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 194, Shloka 31
तौ न्यवारयतां श्रेष्ठी संरब्धौी रणशोभिनौ । उदीरयेतां ब्रह्माणि दिव्यान्यस्त्राण्यनेकश:
tau nyavārayatāṁ śreṣṭhī saṁrabdhau raṇaśobhinau | udīrayetāṁ brahmāṇi divyāny astrāṇy anekaśaḥ ||
യുദ്ധഭൂമിയിൽ ദീപ്തിയോടെ നിന്ന ആ രണ്ടു ശ്രേഷ്ഠവീരന്മാർ ക്രോധത്തിൽ ജ്വലിച്ച് പരസ്പരം മുന്നേറുന്നത് തടഞ്ഞു. ഒരാളെ മറ്റൊരാൾ കീഴടക്കാൻ അവർ പലവട്ടം അനേകം ദിവ്യാസ്ത്രങ്ങളും ബ്രഹ്മാസ്ത്രങ്ങളും പ്രയോഗിച്ചു.
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Even ‘the best’ warriors can be driven by anger to escalate conflict through ever more terrible means; the verse implicitly cautions that krodha (wrath) narrows judgment and pushes combat beyond restraint, raising ethical tension about proportionality and responsibility in war.
Sañjaya describes a fierce duel: two eminent fighters block each other’s advance on the battlefield and, in their fury, repeatedly release many divine missiles, including Brahma-class weapons, intensifying the combat.
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