अन्ये तु दृष्ट्वा राधेयं क्रोधरक्तेक्षणाब्रुवन् ॥
हन्यताम् अयम् उत्सिक्तः सूतपुत्रो ऽल्पचेतनः ॥
सर्वैः पार्थिवशार्दूलैर् नानेनार्थो ऽस्ति जीवता ॥
अत्यन्तवैरी पार्थानां सततं पापपूरुषः ॥
एष मूलं ह्य् अनर्थानां दुर्योधनमते स्थितः ॥
हतैनम् इति जल्पन्तः क्षत्रियाः समुपाद्रवन् ॥
महता शरवर्षेण छादयन्तो महारथाः ॥
वधार्थं सूतपुत्रस्य पाण्डवेयेन चोदिताः ॥
anye tu dṛṣṭvā rādheyaṃ krodharaktekṣaṇābruvan ||
hanyatām ayam utsiktaḥ sūtaputro 'lpacetanaḥ ||
sarvaiḥ pārthivaśārdūlair nānenārtho 'sti jīvatā ||
atyantavairī pārthānāṃ satataṃ pāpapūruṣaḥ ||
eṣa mūlaṃ hy anarthānāṃ duryodhanamate sthitaḥ ||
hatainam iti jalpantaḥ kṣatriyāḥ samupādravan ||
mahatā śaravarṣeṇa chādayanto mahārathāḥ ||
vadhārthaṃ sūtaputrasya pāṇḍaveyena coditāḥ ||
Others, seeing Radheya, with eyes crimson from wrath, said: "Let this arrogant, feeble-minded son of the charioteer be slain by all the tiger-like kings; there is no use in his living. He is the sworn enemy of the Parthas, ever a sinful man — for he is the root of misfortunes, the mainstay of Duryodhana's design; slay him!" So shouting, the kshatriyas rushed upon him, the maharathas blanketing him with a great shower of arrows, urged on by the Pandava, to slay the charioteer's son.
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Karna is branded "the root of misfortunes" — all the Pandavas' hatred converges on him as the mainstay of Duryodhana. It is telling that the guilt of the instigator (Duryodhana) is transferred onto his instrument. The verse teaches that hatred seeks a visible focus of evil; and one who becomes the chief support of the unrighteous draws upon himself the wrath of all the wronged, though the root of the wrong lies in the one who sent, not the one sent.