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

三阇耶说道：罗刹众怒火中烧，手执兵刃，奔突向前。见象军密集如云岚缠绕的群山，他们便在忿怒中冲向其阵，所驱使者乃战争的暴烈冲动，而非克制之心。

Word by Word

• अभ्यधावन्त: ran towards
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-धाव्
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• संक्रुद्धाः: enraged
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सं-क्रुध् (ppp: संक्रुद्ध)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• राक्षसाः: Rakshasas (demons)
• राक्षसाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राक्षस
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• शस्त्रपाणयः: weapon-in-hand (armed)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शस्त्रपाणि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Rākṣasas
• weapons (śastra)
• elephant army/host (gaja-senā implied by context)

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.