तस्य भीमो हयान् हत्वा विनिहत्य च सारथिम् ॥
प्रजहास महाहासं कृते प्रतिकृतं पुनः ॥
इषुभिः कार्मुकं चास्य चकर्त पुरुषर्षभः ॥
तत् पपात महाराज स्वर्णपृष्ठं महास्वनम् ॥
अवारोहद् रथात् तस्माद् अथ कर्णो महारथः ॥
गदां गृहीत्वा समरे भीमसेनाय चाक्षिपत् ॥
tasya bhīmo hayān hatvā vinihatya ca sārathim ||
prajahāsa mahāhāsaṃ kṛte pratikṛtaṃ punaḥ ||
iṣubhiḥ kārmukaṃ cāsya cakarta puruṣarṣabhaḥ ||
tat papāta mahārāja svarṇapṛṣṭhaṃ mahāsvanam ||
avārohad rathāt tasmād atha karṇo mahārathaḥ ||
gadāṃ gṛhītvā samare bhīmasenāya cākṣipat ||
Bhima, having slain his horses and struck down his charioteer, burst into loud laughter: "requital for the deed, once again." The bull among men then cut his bow with arrows too; it fell, o great king, golden-backed and loudly resounding. Karna, the great warrior, then descended from that chariot, and, taking up a mace in battle, hurled it at Bhimasena.
0550a6e3f0c3 · प्रकाशित 19 जुल॰ 2026, 4:25:13 pm UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
Bhima laughs "requital for the deed, once again" -- Karna's mockery is returned to him a hundredfold: as he measured, so it is measured back to him. It is telling that the disarmed Karna reaches for a mace: stripped of chariot and bow, he does not think of retreat. The verse teaches that scorn returns upon the one who scorns, and that obstinacy without measure only prolongs a hopeless struggle; whoever does not know when to withdraw merely exchanges one weapon for another until the very end.