Shloka 103
कर्णपर्व — पञ्चदशोऽध्यायः | Karṇa Parva, Chapter 15: Pāṇḍya’s Advance and Aśvatthāmā’s Counterstroke
निघ्नन्तमभिजन्नुस्ते शरै: शृद्जैरिवर्षभा: । उस समय संशप्तक वीर अत्यन्त रोषमें भरकर मैथुनकी इच्छावाली गायके लिये लड़नेवाले मदमत्त साँड़ोंके समान गर्जन एवं हुंकार करते हुए कुपित अर्जुनकी ओर टूट पड़े और जैसे साँड़ एक-दूसरेको सींगोंसे मारते हैं
sañjaya uvāca | nighnantam abhijannus te śaraiḥ śṛṅgair ivarṣabhāḥ |
Wika ni Sañjaya: Habang pinupuksa sila ni Arjuna, ang mga mandirigmang Saṃśaptaka, nag-aalab sa matinding poot, ay sumugod sa kanya na may ungol at sigaw, gaya ng mga torong naglalaban para sa isang baka; at kung paanong ang mga toro’y nagsusuwag sa sungay, gayon din sila nakipagsagupaan nang dikit at sinugatan si Arjuna sa sunod-sunod na buhos ng mga palaso.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how uncontrolled wrath and vow-driven obstinacy can eclipse discernment: courage without restraint becomes destructive, pushing warriors into futile, self-harming aggression even when dharma would demand measured action.
While Arjuna is cutting down opponents, the Saṁśaptaka fighters surge toward him in anger, bellowing like rutting bulls; they press in and strike at him, wounding him with repeated arrow-shots amid fierce close-quarters combat.