अन्योन्यस्पर्धिनां तेषां यद्य् एकं सत्करिष्यसि ॥
शेषा विमनसो व्यक्तं न योत्स्यन्ते हि भारत ॥
अयं तु सर्वयोधानाम् आचार्यः स्थविरो गुरुः ॥
युक्तः सेनापतिः कर्तुं द्रोणः शस्त्रभृतां वरः ॥
को हि तिष्ठति दुर्धर्षे द्रोणे ब्रह्मविदुत्तमे ॥
सेनापतिः स्याद् अन्यो ऽस्माच् छुक्राङ्गिरसदर्शनात् ॥
anyonyaspardhināṃ teṣāṃ yady ekaṃ satkariṣyasi ||
śeṣā vimanaso vyaktaṃ na yotsyante hi bhārata ||
ayaṃ tu sarvayodhānām ācāryaḥ sthaviro guruḥ ||
yuktaḥ senāpatiḥ kartuṃ droṇaḥ śastrabhṛtāṃ varaḥ ||
ko hi tiṣṭhati durdharṣe droṇe brahmaviduttame ||
senāpatiḥ syād anyo 'smāc chukrāṅgirasadarśanāt ||
[Karna:] If among these rivals you distinguish [only] one, the rest, wounded, will clearly refuse to fight, O Bharata. But this one — the teacher of all the warriors, the aged guru — is fit to be made commander: Drona, foremost among the bearers of arms. For who, while unconquerable Drona lives, the supreme knower of the Veda, equal in insight to Shukra and Angiras, could be commander in his place?
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Karna's wisdom lies in choosing Drona not merely as the strongest, but as the elder preceptor before whom rivalry falls silent: the leader must be one whom others will follow without envy. Knowing that singling out one among equals breeds discord, he points to one standing above all — a teacher whose primacy is beyond dispute. It is telling that the chief virtue he names is not weaponry but 'supreme knowledge of the Veda': true leadership rests on wisdom, not on strength alone. The verse teaches that a leader should be chosen so that the choice sows no discord; that a preceptor's seniority pacifies the rivalry of equals; and that leadership crowned with wisdom and reverence stands firmer than leadership founded on force.