जारासंधिं सान्त्वयित्वा करे च विनिवेश्य ह ॥
तैर् एव सहितो राजन् कर्णम् अभ्यद्रवद् बली ॥
स कम्पयन्न् इव महीं बलेन चतुरङ्गिणा ॥
युयुधे पाण्डवश्रेष्ठः कर्णेनामित्रघातिना ॥
स कर्णं युधि निर्जित्य वशे कृत्वा च भारत ॥
ततो विजिग्ये बलवान् राज्ञः पर्वतवासिनः ॥
jārāsaṃdhiṃ sāntvayitvā kare ca viniveśya ha ||
tair eva sahito rājan karṇam abhyadravad balī ||
sa kampayann iva mahīṃ balena caturaṅgiṇā ||
yuyudhe pāṇḍavaśreṣṭhaḥ karṇenāmitraghātinā ||
sa karṇaṃ yudhi nirjitya vaśe kṛtvā ca bhārata ||
tato vijigye balavān rājñaḥ parvatavāsinaḥ ||
Having pacified Jarasandhida [Sahadeva] and imposed tribute upon him, the mighty one, together with all of them, O king, rushed upon Karna. As if shaking the earth with his fourfold army, the best of the Pandavas fought with Karna, the slayer of foes. Having defeated Karna in battle and subdued him, O Bharata, the mighty one then conquered the kings who dwell in the mountains.
ec00ed62062e · प्रकाशित 16 जुल॰ 2026, 3:28:51 pm UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
Here, in days of peace, Bhima defeats Karna — the very one who will later become the terror of the Pandavas at Kurukshetra. Telling is how changeable the cup of fate proves: the one defeated now will afterward nearly crush his conquerors. The verse cautions against hasty verdicts on valor: the outcome of a single encounter is no verdict for all time, for the strength of men waxes and wanes, and the wheel of the ages turns. Remembering this guards against a double error — pride in present success and despair before present defeat; rise and fall alternate by the will of the higher order.