Shloka 18
अध्याय २९: कर्णस्य शल्यं प्रति शापस्मरणं च युद्धनिश्चयः | Chapter 29: Karṇa recalls curses to Śalya and declares resolve for battle
उन्होंने अपने तीखे बाणोंसे पताका, ध्वज और आयुधोंसहित गजों एवं गजारोहियोंको, घोड़ों और घुड़सवारोंको तथा पैदल मनुष्योंको भी यमलोक भेज दिया ।।
tam antakam iva kruddham anivārya-mahāratham | duryodhano 'bhyayād eko nighnan bāṇair ajihmagaiḥ ||
三阇耶说道：他以锐利之箭，将携带旗幡、旌旗与兵器的象与象骑、马与骑士以及步卒，尽皆送往阎摩之途。随后，杜尤陀那如忿怒的死神一般，作为不可阻挡的大车战士，独自上前迎战阿周那，以直取其的利箭连连射击。
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the Mahābhārata’s stark moral atmosphere of war: wrath and martial prowess can make a warrior appear ‘like Death,’ yet the imagery of Yama’s realm underscores the ethical cost—battle inevitably leads beings to mortality. It implicitly warns that unchecked anger and the drive to dominate, even when framed as kṣatriya valor, carry grave consequences.
Sañjaya describes Duryodhana’s fierce advance: he moves alone to meet Arjuna and showers him with straight-flying arrows. The surrounding slaughter is emphasized—elephants, cavalry, and infantry fall, along with their banners and weapons—evoking the battlefield as a gateway to Yama’s world.