Shloka 456
गौरुडव्यूह-रचना तथा अर्धचन्द्र-प्रत्यव्यूह
Garuḍa Array and the Ardhacandra Counter-Formation
ससैन्य: पाण्डवानीकम भ्यद्रवत संयुगे । तब दुर्योधनने कुपित हो समस्त राजाओं तथा सेनाके साथ उस युद्धभूमिमें पाण्डव- सेनापर आक्रमण किया
sa-sainyaḥ pāṇḍavānīkam abhyadravat saṃyuge | tadā duryodhanaḥ kupito samastān rājānaḥ tathā senayā saha tasmin yuddhabhūmau pāṇḍava-senām abhyākrāmat |
सञ्जय उवाच—ससैन्यो दुर्योधनः क्रुद्धः संयुगे पाण्डवानीकमभ्यद्रवत्। सर्वान् राज्ञः समाहूय सेनाबलसमन्वितः, तस्मिन् रणभूमौ पाण्डवसेनामुपाहनत्।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how anger (krodha) can drive leaders into rash escalation. In the Mahābhārata’s ethical frame, wrath clouds discernment and turns political rivalry into destructive violence, contrasting impulsive aggression with the ideal of self-mastery even amid kṣatriya duty.
Sañjaya reports that Duryodhana, furious, advances in the battle with his full forces and allied kings, launching a direct attack on the Pāṇḍava formation on the battlefield.