Shloka 65
Sauptika Parva, Adhyaya 8 — Dhṛṣṭadyumna-vadha and the Camp’s Nocturnal Rout
शिखण्डिनं समासाद्य द्विधा चिच्छेद सो5सिना । तब महाबली द्रोणपुत्रने क्रोधोके आवेशमें आकर शिखण्डीके पास जा अपनी तलवारसे उसके दो टुकड़े कर डाले ।।
śikhaṇḍinaṃ samāsādya dvidhā ciccheda so 'sinā | tataḥ śikhaṇḍinaṃ hatvā krodhāviṣṭaḥ parantapaḥ sarvān prabhadrakān vegena samabhyadhāvat | virāṭasya ca yā senā śeṣā 'bhavat tām api balavac chūrayām āsa ||
శిఖండిని సమీపించి అశ్వత్థాముడు తన ఖడ్గంతో అతనిని రెండుగా చీల్చివేశాడు।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how krodha (wrath) can eclipse discernment and dharmic restraint, turning combat into unchecked destruction; it implicitly warns that anger-driven action multiplies suffering and moral downfall.
Sañjaya reports that Aśvatthāmā approaches Śikhaṇḍin and cuts him down with a sword; then, still inflamed with anger, he charges the Prabhadrakas and attacks the remaining troops of King Virāṭa.