Shloka 63
तथा विराटस्य पुरे समेतान् सर्वानस्मानेकरथेन जित्वा । जहार तद् गोधनमाजिम ध्ये वस्त्राणि चादत्त महारथेभ्य:
tathā virāṭasya pure sametān sarvān asmān ekarathena jitvā | jahāra tad godhanam ājimadhye vastrāṇi cādatta mahārathebhyaḥ ||
قال كارنا: «وكذلك في مدينة فيرَاطا، هزمنا أرجونا—وهو وحده على عربةٍ واحدة—نحن جميعًا الذين اجتمعنا هناك للقتال. وفي خضم المعركة حمل معه ثروةَ الماشية تلك، بل جرّد عظماءَ فرسان العجلات من ثيابهم.»
कर्ण उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how martial excellence and reputation shape ethical pressure in a warrior culture: a single hero’s victory can publicly humble many, intensifying rivalry and the demand to restore honor through later deeds.
Karna recalls the Virāṭa episode: Arjuna, alone on one chariot, defeated the assembled warriors, recovered Virāṭa’s cattle, and took garments from the defeated great warriors—an act presented as a mark of their humiliation.