Mahabharata — Karna Parva, Shloka 3
अस्त्रयुद्धे द्रौणिपार्थसंघर्षः — Karṇa’s Bhārgavāstra and the Search for Yudhiṣṭhira
Chapter 45
वेपमान इव क्रोधाद् युद्धशौण्ड: परंतप: । प्रतिव्यूह्ा महातेजा यथावद् भरतर्षभ
vepamāna iva krodhād yuddhaśauṇḍaḥ paraṃtapaḥ | prativyūhaṃ mahātejā yathāvad bharatarṣabha ||
ക്രോധത്താൽ വിറയ്ക്കുന്നതുപോലെ, യുദ്ധശൗണ്ഡനും ശത്രുസന്താപകനുമായ ആ മഹാതേജസ്വി വീരൻ—ഹേ ഭാരതർഷഭ—യഥാവിധി പ്രതിവ്യൂഹം ഒരുക്കി.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even intense anger in warfare is shown as being harnessed through order and strategy; martial energy becomes ethically meaningful for a kṣatriya only when governed by discipline rather than uncontrolled fury.
Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that a great warrior, trembling with wrath, nevertheless organizes a proper counter-battle formation (prativyūha) to meet the enemy’s array.