Shloka 35
Pāṇḍava-senā-niryāṇa and Vyūha-vibhāga (पाण्डवसेनानिर्याण तथा व्यूहविभाग)
तस्य वैरानुषड्रस्य गन्तास्म्यन्तं सुदुर्गमम् । अहमादीौ निहत्य त्वां शकुने: सम्प्रपश्यत:
tasya vairānuṣaḍrasya gantāsmy antaṃ sudurgamam | aham ādau nihatya tvāṃ śakuneḥ samprapaśyataḥ, tato 'smi śakuniṃ hantām iṣatāṃ sarvadhanvinām ||
Sañjaya berkata: “Aku akan sampai ke hujung permusuhan yang tertanam dalam dan sukar diseberangi itu. Mula-mula, di hadapan mata Śakuni sendiri, aku akan membunuhmu; kemudian, di hadapan semua pemanah, aku juga akan membunuh Śakuni. Dengan demikian aku akan melampaui permusuhan yang paling dahsyat ini.”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how entrenched hostility (vaira) drives vows of retaliatory violence; ethically, it illustrates the escalating logic of vengeance—publicly performed, witnessed, and justified as ‘crossing beyond’ enmity—showing how conflict becomes self-perpetuating in the lead-up to war.
A speaker (introduced as Sañjaya) voices a fierce resolve: to kill an opponent first in front of Śakuni, and then to kill Śakuni before all archers—framing these acts as the means to overcome a long-standing, difficult enmity.