पश्य कर्णं महेष्वासं धनुष्पाणिम् अवस्थितम् ॥
निशीथे दारुणे काले तपन्तम् इव भास्करम् ॥
कर्णसायकनुन्नानां क्रोशताम् एष निस्वनः ॥
अनिशं श्रूयते पार्थ त्वद्बन्धूनाम् अनाथवत् ॥
यथा विसृजतश् चास्य संदधानस्य चाशुगान् ॥
पश्यामि जयविक्रान्तं क्षपयिष्यति नो ध्रुवम् ॥
यद् अत्रानन्तरं कार्यं प्राप्तकालं प्रपश्यसि ॥
कर्णस्य वधसंयुक्तं तत् कुरुष्व धनंजय ॥
paśya karṇaṃ maheṣvāsaṃ dhanuṣpāṇim avasthitam ||
niśīthe dāruṇe kāle tapantam iva bhāskaram ||
karṇasāyakanunnānāṃ krośatām eṣa nisvanaḥ ||
aniśaṃ śrūyate pārtha tvadbandhūnām anāthavat ||
yathā visṛjataś cāsya saṃdadhānasya cāśugān ||
paśyāmi jayavikrāntaṃ kṣapayiṣyati no dhruvam ||
yad atrānantaraṃ kāryaṃ prāptakālaṃ prapaśyasi ||
karṇasya vadhasaṃyuktaṃ tat kuruṣva dhanaṃjaya ||
"Behold Karna, the great archer, standing with bow in hand, at midnight, in a dreadful hour, like the blazing sun. This is the sound of those struck down by Karna's arrows, crying out — it is heard unceasing, o Partha, of your kinsmen, as of the helpless. As I see him loosing and fitting swift arrows to the string, victorious in valor, he will surely destroy us. Whatever task here is immediate, whatever you see as fitting for the hour, connected with the slaying of Karna — do that, o Dhananjaya."
cdbd5d39a2e7 · publicado 19 jul 2026, 16:49:34 UTC
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Yudhishthira calls Karna a "blazing midnight sun" — the image of the impossible, and so all the more dreadful. It is telling that the cry of his perishing kinsmen is called "helpless": the king suffers not for himself but for his own. The verse teaches that the burden of a leader is to hear the groan of each of his people as a call for help; and it is care for the defenseless, not fear for oneself, that moves a righteous ruler as he searches for a way to turn disaster from those near to him.