Shloka 47
मैत्रेयागमनम् — The Arrival of Maitreya and the Admonition to Duryodhana
दण्डपाणिरिव क्ुद्ध: समरे प्रत्यधावत । तद् वृक्षयुद्धमभवन्महीरुहविनाशनम्
daṇḍapāṇir iva kruddhaḥ samare pratyadhāvat | tad vṛkṣayuddham abhavan mahīruhavināśanam ||
ദണ്ഡം കൈവശമുള്ള ക്രുദ്ധനെന്നപോലെ അവൻ സമരത്തിലേക്ക് പാഞ്ഞുകയറി. അപ്പോൾ വേരോടെ പിഴുത വൃക്ഷങ്ങളാൽ നടന്ന ആ യുദ്ധം മഹാവൃക്ഷങ്ങളുടെ നാശമായി മാറി.
विदुर उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse uses the image of a punitive staff-bearer and the destruction of great trees to underline how uncontrolled anger in conflict spreads harm beyond the intended opponent, damaging the wider world and order (dharma) that punishment is meant to protect.
A combatant, furious, charges into battle; the fighting escalates into a 'tree-battle' where trees are used and destroyed, resulting in the ruin of large trees and the surrounding woodland.