संजय उवाच
तवात्मजांस् तु पतितान् दृष्ट्वा कर्णः प्रतापवान् ॥
क्रोधेन महताविष्टो निर्विण्णो ऽभूत् स जीवितात् ॥
आगस्कृतम् इवात्मानं मेने चाधिरथिस् तदा ॥
भीमसेनं ततः क्रुद्धः समाद्रवत संभ्रमात् ॥
स भीमं पञ्चभिर् विद्ध्वा राधेयः प्रहसन्न् इव ॥
पुनर् विव्याध सप्तत्या स्वर्णपुङ्खैः शिलाशितैः ॥
saṃjaya uvāca
tavātmajāṃs tu patitān dṛṣṭvā karṇaḥ pratāpavān ||
krodhena mahatāviṣṭo nirviṇṇo 'bhūt sa jīvitāt ||
āgaskṛtam ivātmānaṃ mene cādhirathis tadā ||
bhīmasenaṃ tataḥ kruddhaḥ samādravata saṃbhramāt ||
sa bhīmaṃ pañcabhir viddhvā rādheyaḥ prahasann iva ||
punar vivyādha saptatyā svarṇapuṅkhaiḥ śilāśitaiḥ ||
Having seen your sons fallen, the valiant Karna, seized by great anger, was filled with disgust for life. The son of Adhiratha then thought of himself as though guilty, and, enraged, charged at Bhimasena in agitation. Having pierced Bhima with five arrows, Radheya, as though laughing, again pierced him with seventy, golden-fletched and whetted on stone.
b4a2452e158b · publicado 19 jul 2026, 16:25:13 UTC
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Karna blames himself for the death of those he failed to protect -- "as if guilty": conscience is alive even in a fearsome warrior. It is telling that disgust with life at once turns into a furious charge into battle: guilt not turned into repentance seeks its outlet in fresh bloodshed. The verse teaches that the rebuke of conscience calls not for a desperate impulse but for a change of course; anger at oneself, poured out on an enemy, only multiplies the very thing that pains the conscience.