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कर्ण कर्ण वृथादृष्टे सूतपुत्रात्मसंस्तुत ॥
अधर्मबुद्धे शृणु मे यत् त्वा वक्ष्यामि सांप्रतम् ॥
द्विविधं कर्म शूराणां युद्धे जयपराजयौ ॥
तौ चाप्य् अनित्यौ राधेय वासवस्यापि युध्यतः ॥
मुमूर्षुर् युयुधानेन विरथो ऽसि विसर्जितः ॥
यदृच्छया भीमसेनं विरथं कृतवान् असि ॥
अधर्मस् त्व् एष राधेय यत् त्वं भीमम् अवोचथाः ॥
युद्धधर्मं विजानन् वै युध्यन्तम् अपलायिनम् ॥
पूरयन्तं यथाशक्ति शूरकर्माहवे तथा ॥
karṇa karṇa vṛthādṛṣṭe sūtaputrātmasaṃstuta ||
adharmabuddhe śṛṇu me yat tvā vakṣyāmi sāṃpratam ||
dvividhaṃ karma śūrāṇāṃ yuddhe jayaparājayau ||
tau cāpy anityau rādheya vāsavasyāpi yudhyataḥ ||
mumūrṣur yuyudhānena viratho 'si visarjitaḥ ||
yadṛcchayā bhīmasenaṃ virathaṃ kṛtavān asi ||
adharmas tv eṣa rādheya yat tvaṃ bhīmam avocathāḥ ||
yuddhadharmaṃ vijānan vai yudhyantam apalāyinam ||
pūrayantaṃ yathāśakti śūrakarmāhave tathā ||
[Arjuna:] "Karna, Karna, with an empty gaze, son of a charioteer, self-praising, with an unrighteous mind, hear now what I shall tell you. Twofold is the lot of heroes in battle — victory and defeat; and they are impermanent, Radheya, even for Vasava himself when he fights. All but slain by Yuyudhana, you were left chariotless; by chance you too made Bhimasena chariotless. This indeed is unrighteous, Radheya, that you said [such mocking words] to Bhima — who, knowing the dharma of war, fought on and did not flee."
50c58e0e3632 · प्रकाशित 19 जुल॰ 2026, 4:31:38 pm UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
Arjuna denounces not the blow but the mockery: victory and defeat are shifting, and to jeer at one who has been fleetingly overthrown — one who himself knows the dharma of war — is lawlessness. It is telling that he reminds Karna: he himself had just been disarmed. The verse teaches that the reversals of battle should breed not arrogance but humility; and he who mocks an enemy in his brief hour of weakness forgets that he too is subject to the same wheel.