Дхритараштра
तत्र तं निर्जितं दृष्ट्वा भुजंगम् इव निर्विषम् ॥
युद्धात् कर्णम् अपक्रान्तं किं स्विद् दुर्योधनो ऽब्रवीत् ॥
अहो दुर्मुखम् एवैकं युद्धानाम् अविशारदम् ॥
प्रावेशयद् धुतवहं पतंगम् इव मोहितः ॥
अश्वत्थामा मद्रराजः कृपः कर्णश् च संगताः ॥
न शक्ताः प्रमुखे स्थातुं नूनं भीमस्य संजय ॥
tatra taṃ nirjitaṃ dṛṣṭvā bhujaṃgam iva nirviṣam ||
yuddhāt karṇam apakrāntaṃ kiṃ svid duryodhano 'bravīt ||
aho durmukham evaikaṃ yuddhānām aviśāradam ||
prāveśayad dhutavahaṃ pataṃgam iva mohitaḥ ||
aśvatthāmā madrarājaḥ kṛpaḥ karṇaś ca saṃgatāḥ ||
na śaktāḥ pramukhe sthātuṃ nūnaṃ bhīmasya saṃjaya ||
"There, seeing him defeated, like a snake stripped of venom -- Karna, withdrawn from the battle -- what then did Duryodhana say? Alas, deluded, he sent into the fire only Durmukha alone, unversed in battles, like a moth. Ashvatthaman, king of Madra, Kripa and Karna, even joined together, surely cannot stand in front, face to face, before Bhima, o Sanjaya."
7c0a96d65bd4 · publicado 19 jul 2026, 16:17:34 UTC
Disponible enRUENPasa de verso en verso con
Karna, the fearsome warrior, is likened to a "snake without venom": stripped of support and fortune, the terrible one becomes harmless. Notable is the king's bitter insight -- even four of the greatest cannot withstand Bhima: righteous wrath multiplies strength beyond any reckoning of weapons. The verse teaches that might which deemed itself unconquerable finds its limit, and the boasted host becomes mere moths before the flame when its cause is unjust.