Shloka 5
शिखण्डी च ततः क्रुद्धो गौतमं त्वरितो ययौ | ववर्ष शरवर्षाणि समन्ताद् द्विजपुड़वम्,इससे शिखण्डीको बड़ा क्रोध हुआ। वह तुरंत ही विप्रवर गौतमगोत्रीय कृपाचार्यपर चढ़ आया और उनके ऊपर सब ओरसे बाणोंकी वर्षा करने लगा
Śikhaṇḍī ca tataḥ kruddho Gautamaṁ tvarito yayau | vavarṣa śaravarṣāṇi samantād dvijapuṅgavam ||
Sañjaya disse: Então Śikhaṇḍī, inflamado de ira, avançou velozmente contra Kṛpa—descendente de Gautama e o mais eminente entre os brâmanes—e o cobriu, de todos os lados, com saraivadas de flechas.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores how anger (krodha) intensifies violence and how, in war, kṣatriya-duty can compel attacks even upon venerable figures like a Brahmin teacher—raising ethical tension between reverence and martial obligation.
Śikhaṇḍī becomes enraged, rushes toward Kṛpa (of the Gautama lineage), and assails him by raining arrows from all directions, as Sañjaya reports the unfolding combat.