Shloka 6
कर्ण-पाण्डव-संमर्दः — Karṇa and Arjuna’s Intensified Engagement
क्रुद्धमाधिरथिं दृष्टवा पुत्रास्तव विशाम्पते । भीमसेनममन्यन्त वैश्वानरमुखे हुतम्,प्रजानाथ! उस समय अधिरथपुत्र कर्णको क्रोधमें भरा हुआ देखकर आपके पुत्रोंने यही मान लिया कि भीमसेन अब अग्निके मुखमें दी हुई आहुतिके समान नष्ट हो जायँगे
sañjaya uvāca | kruddham ādhirathiṁ dṛṣṭvā putrās tava viśāmpate | bhīmasenam amanyanta vaiśvānaramukhe hutam |
Sañjaya sprach: „O Herr der Menschen, als deine Söhne Karṇa, den Sohn Adhirathas, von Zorn entflammt sahen, meinten sie, Bhīmasena werde nun vernichtet — wie eine Opfergabe, die in den Rachen des Feuers geworfen wird.“
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores how anger and battlefield reputation shape judgment: the Kauravas, seeing Karna’s fury, assume Bhima’s destruction as certain. Ethically, it hints at the danger of overconfidence and of reading outcomes as inevitable merely from displays of wrath and power.
Sanjaya reports to Dhritarashtra that the Kauravas, observing Karna (Adhiratha’s son) raging, believe Bhima will be consumed in combat—likened to an offering thrown into fire—signaling their expectation that Karna will overpower and kill Bhima.