Mahabharata · 7.77.26–27
॥
Devanāgarī
तस्मिञ् जनसमुन्नादे प्रवृत्ते भैरवे सति ॥
कदर्थीकृत्य ते पुत्रः प्रत्यमित्रम् अवारयत् ॥
आवारितस् तु कौन्तेयस् तव पुत्रेण धन्विना ॥
संरम्भम् अगमद् भूयः स च तस्मिन् परंतपः ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
tasmiñ janasamunnāde pravṛtte bhairave sati ||
kadarthīkṛtya te putraḥ pratyamitram avārayat ||
āvāritas tu kaunteyas tava putreṇa dhanvinā ||
saṃrambham agamad bhūyaḥ sa ca tasmin paraṃtapaḥ ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
तस्मिन् जनसमुन्नादेtasmin janasamunnādein that uproar of people; in that clamor of people
प्रवृत्ते भैरवे सतिpravṛtte bhairave satiwhen the terrible had arisen; when the dreadful had arisen
कदर्थीकृत्य ते पुत्रःkadarthīkṛtya te putraḥdisregarding the danger, your son; disregarding the danger, your son
प्रत्यमित्रम् अवारयत्pratyamitram avārayatblocked the enemy; barred the enemy
आवारितः तु कौन्तेयःāvāritaḥ tu kaunteyaḥheld back, the Kaunteya; held back, the Kaunteya
तव पुत्रेण धन्विनाtava putreṇa dhanvināby your son, the archer; by your son, the bowman
संरम्भम् अगमत् भूयःsaṃrambham agamat bhūyaḥfell into fury again; fell into rage again
सः च तस्मिन् परंतपःsaḥ ca tasmin paraṃtapaḥand he against him, the scorcher of foes; and he against him, the scorcher of foes
Translation
In that terrible uproar of people, when it had arisen, your son, disregarding the danger, barred the enemy. But held back by your son, the archer, the Kaunteya fell into fury again, and he, the scorcher of foes, turned upon him in return.
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Duryodhana, disregarding the danger, blocks the very path of Arjuna and Krishna. It is boldness bordering on recklessness. And Arjuna too flares into rage -- a worthy challenge kindles anger. The verse teaches that the desperate defiance of the wicked meets righteous wrath: a challenge thrown at the very instrument of God's will only fires it further; and one who, disregarding the plain danger, stands before retribution only hastens his own hour, stoking a wrath that might otherwise have passed him by.