Shloka 65
स त॑ विवर्माणमशथोत्तमेषुभि: शितैश्नतुर्भि: कुपित: पराभिनत् | स विव्यथे>त्यर्थमरिप्रताडितो यथातुर: पित्तकफानिलज्वरै:
sa taṁ vivarmāṇam aśathottameṣubhiḥ śitaiś caturbhiḥ kupitaḥ parābhinat | sa vivyathe ’tyartham aripratāḍito yathāturaḥ pittakaphānilajvaraiḥ ||
संजय म्हणाला—कवचहीन झालेल्या त्या प्रतिस्पर्ध्यावर क्रुद्ध होऊन त्याने चार उत्तम, तीक्ष्ण बाण सोडले. शत्रूच्या प्रहाराने अत्यंत जखमी होऊन तो असह्य वेदनेने तडफडू लागला—जसा वात, पित्त व कफजन्य ज्वराने पीडित रुग्ण।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores the brutal immediacy of war: once protection is lost, injury follows swiftly, and suffering becomes unavoidable. The Ayurvedic simile (fever from disturbed doṣas) frames battlefield pain as a total bodily crisis, reminding the listener of the grave human cost that accompanies kṣatriya conflict.
Sanjaya describes a combat moment in which a furious warrior shoots four sharp arrows at an opponent who has become unarmored. The struck fighter is overwhelmed with pain and agitation, compared to a sick man burning with a tri-doṣic fever (pitta, kapha, and vāta).