Shloka 463
Droṇa–Arjuna Yuddha; Trigarta-Āvaraṇa; Bhīmasena Gajānīka-bheda
Droṇa and Arjuna Engage; Trigarta Containment; Bhīma Breaks the Elephant Corps
प्राहिणोत् तस्य नागस्य प्रमुखे नृपसत्तम । नृपश्रेष्ठी तदनन्तर प्राग्ज्योतिषनरेशने कुपित होकर दशार्णनरेशके हाथीको सामनेसे चौदह तोमर मारे
sañjaya uvāca | prāhiṇot tasya nāgasya pramukhe nṛpasattama | nṛpaśreṣṭhī tadanantaraṁ prāgjyotiṣanareśena kupitaḥ daśārṇanareśake hastīko sāmane se caturdaśa tomara māre |
三阇耶说道：“大王啊，他将兵器掷向那头大象的前部。随后，普罗阇约提沙之王——诸王之最——怒火中烧，从正面以十四支投枪（托摩罗）刺击达沙尔那王的战象。”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how anger (krodha) escalates violence in war; it implicitly warns that even in righteous battle, loss of restraint can intensify cruelty and cloud dharmic judgment.
Sañjaya describes a combat moment where the king of Prāgjyotiṣa, enraged, strikes the Daśārṇa king’s elephant head-on with fourteen javelins, intensifying the clash involving war-elephants.