Shloka 43
Droṇasya raudra-prayogaḥ
Droṇa’s intensified assault and the Pāṇḍava response
अभ्यघ्नन् निशितै: शस्त्रैर्जयगृद्धा: प्रहारिण: । क्रोधमें भरे हुए पाण्डव तथा कौरव विजयकी अभिलाषा लेकर एक-दूसरेको तीखे अस्त्र-शस्त्रोंद्वारा मारने लगे। वे सभी योद्धा प्रहार करनेमें कुशल थे || ४२ ई ।। स पाण्डवानां महतीं महेष्वासो महाद्युति:
abhyaghnan niśitaiḥ śastrair jayagṛddhāḥ prahāriṇaḥ | krodhena bhare huye pāṇḍav tathā kaurav vijayakī abhilāṣā lekar eka-dūsre ko tīkhe astra-śastroṃ dvārā mārne lage | te sarve yoddhā prahāra karne meṃ kuśal the ||
सञ्जय उवाच—जयगृद्धाः प्रहारिणः पाण्डवाश्चैव कौरवाः । क्रोधपूर्णा विजिगीषवोऽन्योन्यमभ्यघ्नन् निशितैः शस्त्रैः ॥
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how craving for victory, when joined with anger, accelerates violence and mutual destruction. It implicitly warns that even skilled warriors, when driven by krodha and jaya-lobha, become instruments of escalating harm—an ethical tension repeatedly examined in the Mahābhārata’s war narrative.
Sañjaya describes the battlefield moment when both sides—the Pandavas and Kauravas—attack each other fiercely with sharpened weapons and missiles. The emphasis is on their battle-readiness and striking skill, and on the emotional fuel of wrath and the desire to win.