Shloka 29
चित्रसेनश्ष तं राजं॑स्त्रिंशता नतपर्वभि: । आजपघान रणे क्रुद्ध: स च त॑ प्रत्यविध्यत
Sañjaya uvāca |
Citrasenaś ca taṁ rājans triṁśatā nataparvabhiḥ |
Ājaghāna raṇe kruddhaḥ sa ca taṁ pratyavidhyata ||
Sanjaya berkata: Wahai Raja, Citraseṇa yang murka di medan perang memanahnya dengan tiga puluh anak panah yang berlekuk pada sendinya; dan pihak lawan pula membalas, menikam Citraseṇa sebagai tindak balas.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how anger in war quickly becomes a chain of retaliation—one strike invites an immediate counterstrike—illustrating the ethical danger of krodha (wrath) even within kṣatriya combat.
Sañjaya reports a duel-like exchange: Citrasena, furious, hits his opponent with thirty arrows, and the opponent responds by piercing Citrasena in return.