Shloka 44
उद्योगपर्व — गान्धारी-उपदेशः
Udyoga Parva — Gandhārī’s Counsel to Duryodhana
देवासुरमनुष्याश्न गन्धर्वोरगराक्षसा: । अस्मिन् युद्धे सुसंक्रुद्धा हनिष्यन्ति परस्परम्
devāsura-manuṣyāś ca gandharvoraga-rākṣasāḥ | asmin yuddhe susaṃkruddhā haniṣyanti parasparam ||
தேவர்கள், அசுரர்கள், மனிதர்கள், கந்தர்வர்கள், நாகர்கள், ராட்சசர்கள்—இந்தப் போரில் மிகுந்த கோபத்துடன்—ஒருவரை ஒருவர் கொல்வார்கள்।
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
When rage governs a conflict, it becomes indiscriminate and self-consuming: all sides and even multiple orders of beings are driven toward mutual slaughter. The verse highlights the ethical danger of anger as a force that erodes restraint (dharma) and multiplies suffering.
Vaiśaṃpāyana describes a war scenario in which Devas, Asuras, humans, Gandharvas, Nāgas, and Rākṣasas, inflamed with fury, engage in reciprocal killing. It functions as a grim illustration of how war escalates into universal, mutual destruction.