Shloka 44
Aśvatthāman’s Arrow-Screen and the Confrontation with Yudhiṣṭhira (द्रौणि–युधिष्ठिर-संग्रामः)
आयुधानां साम्पराये यन्मुच्येयमहं तत:
āyudhānāṃ sāmparāye yan mucyeyam ahaṃ tataḥ
Karna sagte: „Im letzten Zusammenprall der Waffen möge ich von dem gelöst werden, was mich bindet.“
कर्ण उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the warrior’s inner struggle: in a decisive moment, one seeks liberation from inner bonds—fear, doubt, or the weight of past actions—so that one can act with clarity and steadfastness, even amid morally complex circumstances.
Karna, speaking in the midst of the Karna Parva’s battle context, expresses a wish to be freed from whatever constrains him at the climactic confrontation of arms, underscoring his readiness to face the decisive phase of combat.