Shloka 95
अध्याय ९ — कर्णस्य प्रहारः, योधयुग्मनियोजनम्, शैनेय-कैकेययोर्युद्धविन्यासः
पुन: पुनर्न मृष्यामि हतं कर्ण च पाण्डवै: । यस्य बाह्ोर्बलं तुल्यं कुज्जराणां शतं शतै:,जिसकी भुजाओंमें दस हजार हाथियोंका बल था, वह कर्ण पाण्डवोंद्वारा मारा गया, यह बारंबार सुनकर मुझसे सहा नहीं जाता
punaḥ punar na mṛṣyāmi hataṃ karṇaṃ ca pāṇḍavaiḥ | yasya bāhor balaṃ tulyaṃ kuñjarāṇāṃ śataṃ śataiḥ ||
যাঁর বাহুবল শত শত হাতির সমান বলে কথিত, সেই কর্ণ পাণ্ডবদের হাতে নিহত—এই সংবাদ বারবার শুনে আমি সহ্য করতে পারি না।
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the human and ethical weight of war: even when events are part of a larger dharmic outcome, the repeated news of a great warrior’s death remains emotionally unbearable. It points to the tragic cost of conflict and the fragility of worldly power, however immense.
Vaiśampāyana expresses distress at repeatedly hearing that Karṇa—renowned for extraordinary arm-strength likened to that of countless elephants—has been killed by the Pāṇḍavas. The line functions as a lament and a measure of Karṇa’s stature within the war narrative.