Shloka 14
ततः क्रुद्धो महाराज भीमसेन: प्रतापवान् । गौतमं ताडयामास शरैरबहुभिराहवे,महाराज! तदनन्तर क्रोधमें भरे हुए प्रतापी भीमसेनने रणक्षेत्रमें कृपाचार्यको अनेक बाणोंद्वारा घायल किया
tataḥ kruddho mahārāja bhīmasenaḥ pratāpavān | gautamaṃ tāḍayāmāsa śarair bahubhir āhave ||
ततः क्रुद्धो महाराज भीमसेनः प्रतापवान् । गौतमं ताडयामास शरैरबहुभिराहवे ॥
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how anger (krodha) can intensify violence in war: a warrior’s inner emotion quickly becomes outward action. In the ethical frame of the Mahābhārata, even when fighting aligns with kṣatriya-duty, uncontrolled wrath is shown as a force that escalates harm and clouds discernment.
Sañjaya reports to King Dhṛtarāṣṭra that Bhīma, provoked and furious, attacks Kṛpācārya (called ‘Gautama’) on the battlefield, wounding him with a volley of many arrows.