अन्योन्यं तौ महाराज शरवर्षैर् अवर्षताम् ॥
प्रममाथ शिनेः पौत्रं कर्णः सायकवृष्टिभिः ॥
अमृष्यमाणो निधनं कौरव्यजलसंधयोः ॥
कर्णः शोकसमाविष्टो महोरग इव श्वसन् ॥
स शैनेयं रणे क्रुद्धः प्रदहन्न् इव चक्षुषा ॥
अभ्यद्रवत वेगेन पुनः पुनर् अरिंदमः ॥
तं तु संप्रेक्ष्य संक्रुद्धं सात्यकिः प्रत्यविध्यत ॥
महता शरवर्षेण गजः प्रतिगजं यथा ॥
anyonyaṃ tau mahārāja śaravarṣair avarṣatām ||
pramamātha śineḥ pautraṃ karṇaḥ sāyakavṛṣṭibhiḥ ||
amṛṣyamāṇo nidhanaṃ kauravyajalasaṃdhayoḥ ||
karṇaḥ śokasamāviṣṭo mahoraga iva śvasan ||
sa śaineyaṃ raṇe kruddhaḥ pradahann iva cakṣuṣā ||
abhyadravata vegena punaḥ punar ariṃdamaḥ ||
taṃ tu saṃprekṣya saṃkruddhaṃ sātyakiḥ pratyavidhyata ||
mahatā śaravarṣeṇa gajaḥ pratigajaṃ yathā ||
Those two, O great king, drenched each other with rains of arrows; Karna crushed the grandson of Shini with showers of shafts. Not enduring the death of the Kauravya [Bhurishravas] and Jalasandha, Karna, seized by grief, breathing heavily like a great serpent, enraged, rushed with force upon Shainya in battle, as if scorching him with his gaze, again and again, subduer of foes. But, having beheld him enraged, Satyaki struck back in reply with a great rain of arrows, as an elephant strikes a rival elephant.
10562779ddc2 · published Jul 19, 2026, 4:31:38 PM UTC
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Grief for fallen friends turns in Karna into fury against Satyaki: sorrow, left unsettled, seeks its outlet in fresh blood. It is notable that here too what moves him is attachment — he avenges Bhurishravas and Jalasandha. The verse teaches that unassuaged grief easily turns to anger; and one who does not let sorrow settle turns it into bitterness, multiplying the very grief that torments him.