Mahabharata 7.116.89 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 116, Shloka 89
Śaineya’s Breakthrough and Reunion with Arjuna (शैनेयस्य समागमः)
ततः क्रुद्धो रणे राजन् हृदिकस्यात्मसम्भव: । अभिदुद्राव वेगेन याज्ञसेनिं महारथम्
tataḥ kruddho raṇe rājan hṛdikasya ātmasambhavaḥ | abhidudrāva vegena yājñaseniṁ mahāratham ||
సంజయుడు పలికెను—రాజా! అప్పుడు యుద్ధరంగంలో కోపోద్రిక్తుడైన హృదికపుత్రుడు కృతవర్మ, మహారథుడైన యాజ్ఞసేనిని శిఖండినిపై మహావేగంతో దూసుకెళ్లాడు.
संजय उवाच
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The verse highlights how anger in war narrows moral vision and turns combat into personal retribution: Kṛtavarmā targets Śikhaṇḍin specifically because of Śikhaṇḍin’s role in Bhīṣma’s fall, showing how perceived causality and grievance shape battlefield choices.
Sañjaya reports that Kṛtavarmā, son of Hṛdika, becomes furious and rushes at high speed to attack the great warrior Śikhaṇḍin (Drupada’s child), identified as the key agent connected with Bhīṣma’s downfall.
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