Shloka 37
कर्णपरर्वणि त्रयोचत्वारिंशदध्यायः (Karṇa-parva Adhyāya 43) — Kṛṣṇa’s Battlefield Assessment and the Reversal Around Bhīma
पुत्रसंकरिणो जाल्मा: सर्वन्नक्षीरभोजना:
putrasaṅkariṇo jālmāḥ sarvannakṣīrabhojanāḥ
قال كارنا: «يا أوباش، يا مفسدي الأنساب—تأكلون كلَّ شيء بلا تمييز، وتعيشون على اللبن وما يُصنع منه.»
कर्ण उवाच
Educational Q&A
The line reflects how, in the heat of war, moral judgment is expressed through social categories—lineage, conduct, and discipline—yet it also shows the ethical danger of reducing opponents to abusive labels rather than assessing actions with restraint.
Karna is speaking in anger, hurling a contemptuous insult at his opponents, accusing them of corrupting lineage and of indiscriminate, undisciplined living—rhetoric meant to demean and provoke amid the battlefield exchange.