Shloka 136

भीष्मस्य दुर्योधनं प्रति उपालम्भः

Bhīṣma’s Reproof to Duryodhana

Devanagari script

अभ्यधावन्त संक्रुद्धा राक्षसा: शस्त्रपाणय: । घिरी हुई मेघोंकी घटाके समान हाथियोंकी सेनाको देखकर क्रोधमें भरे हुए राक्षस हाथमें अस्त्र-शस्त्र लिये उसकी ओर दौड़े

Transliteration

abhya-dhāvanta saṅkruddhā rākṣasāḥ śastra-pāṇayaḥ |

Translation

Wika ni Sañjaya: Nagngangalit, ang mga Rākṣasa na may sandata sa kamay ay sumugod. Nang makita nila ang hukbong elepante na siksik na tila mga kabundukang nababalutan ng ulap, sinalakay nila iyon sa poot, hinahatak ng marahas na bugso ng digmaan at hindi ng pagpipigil.

Word by Word

अभ्यधावन्तran towards

संक्रुद्धाःenraged

राक्षसाःRakshasas (demons)

शस्त्रपाणयःweapon-in-hand (armed)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Rākṣasas

weapons (śastra)

elephant army/host (gaja-senā implied by context)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how anger (krodha) propels beings into reckless aggression; in the Mahābhārata’s ethical frame, such rage-driven action clouds discernment and accelerates destruction, contrasting with the ideal of self-restraint even amid conflict.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that armed Rākṣasa warriors, provoked and furious, charge toward an opposing force described (in the received context) as an elephant-host, likened to cloud-covered mountains—emphasizing the scale and intensity of the battlefield encounter.