Shloka 136
भीष्मस्य दुर्योधनं प्रति उपालम्भः
Bhīṣma’s Reproof to Duryodhana
अभ्यधावन्त संक्रुद्धा राक्षसा: शस्त्रपाणय: । घिरी हुई मेघोंकी घटाके समान हाथियोंकी सेनाको देखकर क्रोधमें भरे हुए राक्षस हाथमें अस्त्र-शस्त्र लिये उसकी ओर दौड़े
abhya-dhāvanta saṅkruddhā rākṣasāḥ śastra-pāṇayaḥ |
Sañjaya berkata: Dalam kemarahan, para Rākṣasa yang bersenjata di tangan meluru ke hadapan. Melihat bala gajah berhimpun padat bagaikan banjaran gunung yang diselubungi awan, mereka menerjangnya dengan amarah, didorong oleh dorongan ganas perang, bukan oleh pengekangan diri.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how anger (krodha) propels beings into reckless aggression; in the Mahābhārata’s ethical frame, such rage-driven action clouds discernment and accelerates destruction, contrasting with the ideal of self-restraint even amid conflict.
Sañjaya reports that armed Rākṣasa warriors, provoked and furious, charge toward an opposing force described (in the received context) as an elephant-host, likened to cloud-covered mountains—emphasizing the scale and intensity of the battlefield encounter.