Shloka 34
भीष्मशिबिरगमनम् — Duryodhana’s Visit to Bhīṣma’s Camp and the Command Appeal
अमृष्यमाणास्ते सर्वे सुबलस्यात्मजा रणे । इरावन्तमभिद्रुत्य सर्वत: पर्यवारयन्,अपनी सेनाको समरभूमिमें शत्रुकी सेनाद्वारा मार गिरायी गयी देख सुबलके सभी पुत्र इसे सह न सके। उन्होंने इरावानूपर धावा करके उसे सब ओरसे घेर लिया
amṛṣyamāṇās te sarve subalasyātmajā raṇe | irāvantam abhidrutya sarvataḥ paryavārayan |
Sañjaya berkata: Tidak sanggup menahan pemandangan tenteranya sendiri ditebas di medan perang, semua putera Subala, menyala oleh amarah dan maruah yang tercalar, menyerbu terus ke arah Irāvān lalu mengepungnya dari segala penjuru.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights a recurring ethical pattern in the Mahābhārata: when loss and shame are not borne with restraint, they quickly turn into anger and vengeance. In the moral landscape of the epic, such reactive fury can intensify violence and cloud discernment, even when framed within the duties of war.
Sanjaya reports that Subala’s sons, unable to tolerate seeing their side’s forces being slain, charge at Irāvān and encircle him from all directions, setting up a concentrated assault against a single warrior.