व्यवसायद्वितीयो ऽहं मनसा भारम् उद्वहन् ॥
गर्जामि यद्य् अहं विप्र तव किं तत्र नश्यति ॥
वृथा शूरा न गर्जन्ति सजला इव तोयदाः ॥
सामर्थ्यम् आत्मनो ज्ञात्वा ततो गर्जन्ति पण्डिताः ॥
सो ऽहम् अद्य रणे यत्तः सहितौ कृष्णपाण्डवौ ॥
उत्सहे तरसा जेतुं ततो गर्जामि गौतम ॥
पश्य त्वं गर्जितस्यास्य फलं मे विप्र सानुगः ॥
हत्वा पाण्डुसुतान् आजौ सहकृष्णान् ससात्वतान् ॥
दुर्योधनाय दास्यामि पृथिवीं हतकण्टकाम् ॥
vyavasāyadvitīyo 'haṃ manasā bhāram udvahan ||
garjāmi yady ahaṃ vipra tava kiṃ tatra naśyati ||
vṛthā śūrā na garjanti sajalā iva toyadāḥ ||
sāmarthyam ātmano jñātvā tato garjanti paṇḍitāḥ ||
so 'ham adya raṇe yattaḥ sahitau kṛṣṇapāṇḍavau ||
utsahe tarasā jetuṃ tato garjāmi gautama ||
paśya tvaṃ garjitasyāsya phalaṃ me vipra sānugaḥ ||
hatvā pāṇḍusutān ājau sahakṛṣṇān sasātvatān ||
duryodhanāya dāsyāmi pṛthivīṃ hatakaṇṭakām ||
"I, with resolve as my companion, bearing this burden with my mind — if I roar, o brahmin, what of yours is lost thereby? In vain the brave do not roar, like water-laden clouds; having known their own capacity, then the wise roar. Here I am today, ready for battle, and I dare to swiftly conquer the united Krishna and Pandava — therefore I roar, Gautama. Behold the fruit of this roar of mine, o brahmin, together with your retinue — when I have slain the sons of Pandu in battle, together with Krishna and the Satvatas."
504cae6846ec · प्रकाशित 19 जुल॰ 2026, 4:40:45 pm UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
Karna defends the meaning of his "roar": the wise roar only having known their own strength, like rain-laden (not empty) clouds. Telling is "vyavasayadvitiyah" — resolve as sole companion: he rests upon his will. The verse teaches that a vow born of clear knowledge of one's own strength and firm resolve differs from empty boasting; and a word backed by readiness to fulfill it is no "waterless cloud," but one promising rain.