Shloka 283
शल्यपरिघातः (Śalya Under Encirclement) — Mahābhārata, Śalya-parva, Adhyāya 12
अभ्यद्रवन् महाराज दुर्योधनपुरोगमा: । महाराज! दुर्योधन आदि कौरववीर दोनों हाथ और शस्त्र उठाकर महान् कोलाहल एवं सिंहनाद करते हुए शत्रुओंपर टूट पड़े
abhyadravan mahārāja duryodhana-purogamāḥ |
സഞ്ജയൻ പറഞ്ഞു—മഹാരാജാവേ! ദുര്യോധനനെ മുൻനിർത്തി കൗരവവീരർ ആയുധങ്ങൾ ഉയർത്തി, മഹാകോലാഹലവും സിംഹനാദവും മുഴക്കി ശത്രുക്കളിലേയ്ക്ക് പാഞ്ഞുകയറി।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how leadership and collective emotion (martial pride, excitement, aggression) can propel an army into violence. Ethically, it invites reflection on how loud displays of valor and dominance may mask deeper causes—attachment, anger, and delusion—that drive war forward.
Sañjaya reports to the king that Duryodhana, at the head of the Kaurava fighters, launches a charge. The warriors raise weapons and shout loudly, roaring like lions as they rush to attack their opponents.