Mahabharata 7.39.27 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 39, Shloka 27
अभिमन्युना दुःशासनस्य ताडनम्
Abhimanyu’s Rebuke and Wounding of Duḥśāsana; Karṇa’s Counter-volley
एवमुक्क्त्वानदद् राजन पुत्रो दुःशासनस्तव । सौभद्रमभ्ययात् क्रुद्ध: शरवर्षरवाकिरन्
evam uktvā nadad rājān putro duḥśāsanas tava | saubhadram abhyayāt kruddhaḥ śaravarṣa-ravākiran ||
മഹാരാജാവേ, ഇങ്ങനെ പറഞ്ഞിട്ട് നിങ്ങളുടെ പുത്രൻ ദുഃശാസനൻ ഉച്ചത്തിൽ ഗർജിച്ചു. ക്രോധത്തിൽ ജ്വലിച്ച് സൌഭദ്രന്റെ നേരെ മുന്നേറി, കോലാഹലമുയർത്തുന്ന അമ്പുവർഷം ചൊരിഞ്ഞു.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse implicitly warns that anger (krodha) and boastful aggression can eclipse discernment and dharma. Even within a warrior code, being driven by rage tends toward excess and moral decline, intensifying the cruelty of war.
After speaking, Duḥśāsana roars and advances on Abhimanyu (Saubhadra), attacking him with a loud, dense shower of arrows, as narrated by Sañjaya to King Dhṛtarāṣṭra.
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