Shloka 16
Gadā-yuddhe Bhīma–Duryodhanayoḥ Tumulaḥ Saṃprahāraḥ
Mace-duel’s intense exchange
नैष शक्तो रणे जेतुं मन्दात्मा मां सुयोधन: । अद्य क्रोध॑ विमोक्ष्यामि निगूढं हृदये चिरम्
sañjaya uvāca | naiṣa śakto raṇe jetuṃ mandātmā māṃ suyodhanaḥ | adya krodhaṃ vimokṣyāmi nigūḍhaṃ hṛdaye ciram ||
“Kapatid! Ang mapurol na si Suyodhana ay hindi kayang manaig sa akin sa digmaan. Ngayon, pakakawalan ko kay Duryodhana ang poot na matagal ko nang ikinubli sa aking dibdib.”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how long-suppressed anger can be consciously ‘released’ as a chosen motive in war, raising an ethical tension: martial resolve may be necessary, yet action driven by krodha (wrath) risks clouding judgment and intensifying violence. It implicitly contrasts disciplined duty with passion-fueled combat.
Sañjaya reports a warrior’s declaration that Duryodhana (called Suyodhana) cannot defeat him, and that he will now unleash the anger he has kept hidden for a long time—signaling an imminent, decisive confrontation in the Shalya Parva war sequence.