Shloka 50
कर्णपर्व — पञ्चदशोऽध्यायः | Karṇa Parva, Chapter 15: Pāṇḍya’s Advance and Aśvatthāmā’s Counterstroke
ततः परमसंक्रुद्धः पाण्डवे<स्त्राण्यवासृजत् । अश्वत्थामाभिरूपाय गृहानतिथये यथा,तदनन्तर अत्यन्त कुपित हुआ अभश्रृत्थामा पाण्डुपुत्र अर्जुनको उसी प्रकार अपने अस्त्र अर्पित करने लगा, जैसे कोई गृहस्थ योग्य अतिथिको अपना सारा घर सौंप देता है
tataḥ parama-saṅkruddhaḥ pāṇḍave 'strāṇy avāsṛjat | aśvatthāmābhirūpāya gṛhān atithaye yathā ||
సంజయుడు పలికెను—ఆపై పరమక్రోధంతో అశ్వత్థామా పాండుపుత్రుడు అర్జునునిపై తన అస్త్రాలను విసిరెను; యోగ్య అతిథికి గృహస్థుడు తన ఇంటినంతటినీ అప్పగించినట్లుగా।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how uncontrolled anger can drive a warrior to expend all resources without measure. By comparing the weapon-release to a householder surrendering his whole home to a guest, it suggests that intensity (whether hospitality or hostility) must be governed by discernment; otherwise, power becomes wasteful and ethically precarious.
Sañjaya narrates that Aśvatthāmā, seized by great fury, begins discharging weapons against Arjuna. The comparison implies a profuse, almost indiscriminate outpouring of astras, as if he is handing over everything at once to a ‘worthy recipient’—here, his formidable opponent.