Mahabharata 7.116.58 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 116, Shloka 58
Śaineya’s Breakthrough and Reunion with Arjuna (शैनेयस्य समागमः)
आगच्छतस्तान् सहसा क्रुद्धरूपान् सहानुगान् । दधारैको रणे पाण्डून् कृतवर्मा महारथ:,सेवकोंसहित कुपित होकर सहसा आक्रमण करनेवाले उन पाण्डववीरोंको रणक्षेत्रमें एकमात्र महारथी कृतवर्माने रोका
āgacchatastān sahasā kruddharūpān sahānugān | dadhāraiko raṇe pāṇḍūn kṛtavarmā mahārathaḥ ||
आगच्छतस्तान् सहसा क्रुद्धरूपान् सहानुगान् । दधारैको रणे पाण्डून् कृतवर्मा महारथः ॥
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The verse underscores how anger can drive collective violence, while disciplined strength and strategic resistance—embodied here by a single mahāratha—can temporarily check a larger, wrathful advance. It implicitly contrasts impulsive fury with controlled martial capability.
The Pāṇḍava fighters, enraged and charging with their supporters, surge forward; Kṛtavarmā, described as a great chariot-warrior, single-handedly blocks or restrains their advance in the battle.
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