Shloka 18
अध्याय ५०: उत्तरेण सह अर्जुनस्य रथप्रयाणे ध्वजचिह्नैः कौरवसेनानिर्देशः
Arjuna directs Uttara by identifying Kaurava commanders through banners
यं यमेषो5तिसंक्रुद्धः संग्रामे निपतिष्यति । वृक्ष गरुत्मान् वेगेन विनिहत्य तमेष्यति
yaṃ yameṣo ’tisaṃkruddhaḥ saṃgrāme nipatiṣyati | vṛkṣaṃ garutmān vegena vinihatya tameṣyati ||
Kṛpa berkata: “Sesiapa pun yang diserbu Yameṣa—Arjuna—dengan amarah membara di medan perang, akan ditumbangkan oleh kelajuan semata-mata, lalu dia mara tanpa berhenti. Seperti Garuḍa hinggap pada sebatang pohon, mematahkannya dengan momentum lalu terbang menerus, demikianlah Arjuna, menyala oleh murka, akan memusnahkan setiap maharathi yang diserangnya dan terus maju tanpa jeda.”
कृप उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the terrifying momentum of a warrior driven by righteous battle-fury: once set in motion, he does not linger but removes obstacles decisively. Ethically, it also warns that uncontrolled wrath in war becomes death-like, turning the fighter into an instrument of inevitable destruction.
Kṛpa is describing (and implicitly cautioning about) Arjuna’s battlefield effectiveness: when Arjuna becomes intensely angry, he will attack successive great chariot-warriors, destroy them, and press forward—likened to Garuḍa breaking trees as he lands and then flying on.