Shloka 36
अध्याय २२ — अमर्याद-युद्धवर्णन
Unrestrained Battle Description and Śakuni’s Rear Assault
तस्य तैरभवद् युद्धमिन्द्रियेरिव देहिन:
tasya tair abhavad yuddham indriyair iva dehinaḥ
三阇耶说道：对他而言，与他们骤起的战斗，犹如有情与诸根之争——一场内在的较量；在外在冲突之中，克制、约束与决断皆受考验。
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames external warfare as analogous to the inner moral-psychological struggle: just as the senses can overpower the embodied self, opponents can press and destabilize a warrior. The ethical emphasis is on mastery—steadiness, restraint, and disciplined agency amid pressure.
Sañjaya describes a combat encounter in which a particular warrior’s fight with his adversaries becomes intense and consuming, and he characterizes it through a simile: it resembles the continual contest between a person and the pull of the senses.