Shloka 15
भीमसेनस्य वेगाभिपातः—विशोकसारथिसंवादश्च
Bhīma’s surge and dialogue with charioteer Viśoka
स तु क़ुद्धस्ततो राजन्नाशीविष इव श्वसन् । सात्यकिं पज्चविंशत्या प्रत्यविध्यच्छिलीमुखै:
sa tu kuddhas tato rājann āśīviṣa iva śvasan | sātyakiṃ pañcaviṃśatyā pratyavidhyac chilīmukhaiḥ ||
രാജാവേ! അപ്പോൾ അവൻ ക്രോധത്തിൽ കത്തിക്കൊണ്ട്, വിഷസർപ്പത്തെപ്പോലെ ശ്വാസം ചീറ്റി, പ്രതികാരമായി സാത്യകിയെ ഇരുപത്തഞ്ചു ശിലീമുഖ അമ്പുകളാൽ കുത്തിത്തുറന്നു।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how anger (krodha) in warfare fuels retaliatory violence: one injury provokes another, intensifying conflict and eclipsing restraint. Even within kṣatriya conduct, the narrative warns that wrath easily becomes the driver of action, creating a self-perpetuating cycle of retribution.
Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that a warrior, furious and hissing like a venomous serpent, retaliates against Sātyaki by piercing him with twenty-five sharp arrows, marking a fierce exchange in the Karṇa Parva battle sequence.