Shloka 256
कृष्णोपदेशः, अर्जुनस्य क्षमा-याचनम्, कर्णवध-अनुज्ञा
Krishna’s Counsel, Arjuna’s Apology, and Authorization for Karṇa’s Slaying
विव्याध परमास्त्रज्ञों भल््लै: संनतपर्वभि: | तब उत्तम अस्त्रोंके ज्ञाता कर्णने अत्यन्त कुपित हो लोहेके बने हुए और झुकी हुई गाँठवाले नौ भल्लोंसे भीमसेनको घायल कर दिया
sañjaya uvāca | vivyādha paramāstrajño bhallaiḥ saṃnataparvabhiḥ | tata uttamāstrāṇāṃ jñātā karṇo 'tyantaṃ kupito lohakṛtaiḥ jhukī-gaṇṭhavālaiḥ nava-bhallaiḥ bhīmasenaṃ vyadhat |
সঞ্জয়ে ক’লে—পৰমাস্ত্ৰবিদ কৰ্ণে সংনত-পৰ্বযুক্ত ভল্লবাণে (ভীমসেনক) বিদ্ধ কৰিলে। তাৰ পিছত উত্তমাস্ত্ৰজ্ঞ কৰ্ণ অতিশয় ক্ৰুদ্ধ হৈ লৌহ-নির্মিত, বাঁকা গাঁঠযুক্ত ন’টা ভল্লেৰে ভীমসেনক আহত কৰিলে।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how mastery and power in war are ethically precarious: anger (krodha) can drive even a great weapons-expert to escalate harm, reflecting the Mahabharata’s recurring warning that passion can eclipse discernment (viveka) amid dharma-conflict.
Sanjaya reports that Karna, provoked and furious, strikes Bhimasena with nine iron bhalla-arrows described as curved and jointed, wounding him in the thick of the Kurukshetra battle.