Shloka 513
Adhyāya 141 — Night duels: Śaineya and Bhūriśravas; Droṇi and Ghaṭotkaca; Bhīma and Duryodhana
अमर्षी बलवान क्रुद्धो दिधक्षन्निव पावक: । फिर क्रोध एवं अमर्षमें भरे हुए बलवान् भीमसेनने जलानेकी इच्छावाले अग्निदेवके समान भयंकर बाणोंकी वर्षा आरम्भ कर दी
amarṣī balavān kruddho didhakṣann iva pāvakaḥ |
सञ्जय उवाच—अमर्षी बलवान् क्रुद्धो दिधक्षन्निव पावकः। भीमसेनः शरवर्षं घोरं मुमोचाग्निरिव दहनेच्छया॥
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how indignation and anger can make even legitimate strength destructive—like fire that seeks fuel—warning that wrath in battle easily overwhelms restraint and ethical discernment.
Sañjaya describes a powerful warrior, inflamed with resentment and rage, beginning a fierce barrage of arrows, compared to a fire intent on burning everything before it.