Mahabharata 7.39.29 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 39, Shloka 29
अभिमन्युना दुःशासनस्य ताडनम्
Abhimanyu’s Rebuke and Wounding of Duḥśāsana; Karṇa’s Counter-volley
दुःशासनस्तु संक्रुद्धः प्रभिन्न इव कुड्जर: । अयोधयत सौभद्रमभिमन्युश्न तं रणे,मदकी धारा बहानेवाले गजराजके समान क्रोधमें भरा हुआ दुःशासन उस रफक्षेत्रमें अभिमन्युसे और अभिमन्यु दुःशासनसे युद्ध करने लगे
sañjaya uvāca |
duḥśāsanas tu saṅkruddhaḥ prabhinna iva kuñjaraḥ |
ayodhayat saubhadram abhimanyunā taṃ raṇe ||
दुःशासनस्तु संक्रुद्धः प्रभिन्न इव कुञ्जरः । अयोधयत सौभद्रमभिमन्युं तं रणे ॥ तत्र रणेऽभिमन्युश्च दुःशासनश्च परस्परम् । समरे समरे युक्तौ युयुधाते महाबलौ ॥
संजय उवाच
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The verse highlights how uncontrolled anger (krodha) propels a person into destructive action. Even amid martial valor, rage is portrayed as a force that clouds judgment and deepens the ethical degradation of war.
Duḥśāsana, furious and compared to a rut-maddened elephant, directly engages Abhimanyu (Saubhadra) in combat; the two fight each other on the battlefield during the Drona Parva sequence.
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