Mahabharata — Shalya Parva, Shloka 116
Book 9 (Śalya-parva), Adhyāya 13 — Arjuna’s Arrow-storm and the Drauṇi Confrontation
विव्याध भृशसंक्रुद्धस्तं वै भूयस्त्रिभि: शरै: । साथ ही अत्यन्त कुपित होकर उन्होंने झुकी हुई गाँठवाले बाणसे उनके सारथिको भी पीट दिया और उन्हें भी पुनः तीन बाणोंसे घायल किया
vivyādha bhṛśa-saṅkruddhas taṃ vai bhūyas tribhiḥ śaraiḥ |
संजय म्हणाला—अत्यंत क्रुद्ध होऊन त्याने त्या पुरुषाला पुन्हा तीन बाणांनी भेदले; त्याच क्रोधावेगात वाकड्या-गाठीच्या बाणांनी त्याच्या सारथीलाही मारले आणि त्यालाही पुन्हा तीन बाणांनी जखमी केले.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how uncontrolled anger (krodha) escalates harm in war, extending violence even to supporting figures like charioteers; it implicitly contrasts disciplined kṣatriya conduct with rage-driven excess.
Sañjaya reports that a warrior, intensely enraged, strikes his opponent again with three arrows, and then also attacks the opponent’s charioteer, wounding him as well—depicting a rapid, retaliatory exchange in the chariot-battle setting.
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