Mahabharata 7.112.9 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 112, Shloka 9
द्रोणपर्व (अध्याय ११२) — कर्णभीमयोर्युद्धम्, दुर्योधनस्य रक्षणादेशः
Droṇa-parva 112: Karṇa–Bhīma Engagement and Duryodhana’s Protective Order
ततः क्रुद्धो महेष्वासो भूय एव महाबल: । सात्वतं पीडयामास शरेणानतपर्वणा,तदनन्तर महाथनुर्धर महाबली द्रोणने पुनः कुपित होकर झुकी हुई गाँठवाले एक बाणद्वारा सात्यकिको गहरी चोट पहुँचायी
tataḥ kruddho maheṣvāso bhūya eva mahābalaḥ | sātvataṁ pīḍayāmāsa śareṇānataparvaṇā ||
Sañjaya berkata: Kemudian pemanah agung yang sangat perkasa itu, sekali lagi menyala oleh amarah, menekan pahlawan Sātvata (Sātyaki) dengan sebatang anak panah yang ruas-ruasnya melengkung.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how anger (krodha) in warfare tends to escalate harm: once wrath takes hold, a warrior renews his assault with greater intensity. Ethically, it reflects the Mahābhārata’s recurring warning that uncontrolled passion clouds judgment and multiplies suffering, even within the framework of kṣatriya combat.
Sañjaya narrates that a powerful archer, angered again, strikes and severely pressures Sātyaki (called ‘Sātvata’) with a specially described arrow (ānata-parvaṇa), indicating a renewed and intensified exchange in the battlefield duel.
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