Shloka 316
Adhyāya 14: Śalya’s Missile-Pressure and the Pāṇḍava Convergence (शल्यस्य शरवर्षम्)
आददे परिधघं घोर नगेन्द्रशिखरोपमम् । अपने मुसलको कटा हुआ देख अभ्व॒त्थामाको बड़ा क्रोध हुआ और उसने पर्वतशिखरके समान एक भयंकर परिघ हाथमें ले लिया
ādade parighaṁ ghoraṁ nagendra-śikharopamam |
सञ्जय उवाच—मुसलं छिन्नं दृष्ट्वा द्रोणपुत्रोऽश्वत्थामा तीव्रक्रोधसमाविष्टः नगेन्द्रशिखरोपमं घोरं परिघं हस्ते जग्राह।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how anger, triggered by loss and humiliation in war, quickly turns into renewed aggression; it implicitly warns that unchecked krodha magnifies violence and clouds discernment, even for great warriors.
After his club is cut down, Aśvatthāmā becomes enraged and grabs a terrifying parigha, described as resembling a mountain peak, signaling his intent to continue fighting with intensified ferocity.