Shloka 55
गौरुडव्यूह-रचना तथा अर्धचन्द्र-प्रत्यव्यूह
Garuḍa Array and the Ardhacandra Counter-Formation
वैराटि: समरे क्रुद्धों भूशमायम्य कार्मुकम्
vairāṭiḥ samare kruddho bhūśam āyamya kārmukam
Wika ni Sañjaya: Sa gitna ng labanan, ang anak ni Virāṭa, nag-aalab sa galit, ay mariing hinila ang kaniyang busog, handang manalakay.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how anger (krodha) intensifies martial action: in war, wrath can quickly translate into decisive, potentially reckless violence. It implicitly cautions that emotional agitation can drive escalation and obscure discernment, even within a warrior’s duty.
Sañjaya reports that a Virāṭa-line warrior, enraged in the midst of combat, draws his bowstring strongly—signaling imminent attack and a heightened turn in the fighting.