Shloka 7
धर्मरहस्योपदेशः
Dharma-rahasya Instruction: Vows, Truth, and Non-injury
दृष्टवा कर्ण समायान्तं भीम: क्रोधसमन्वित: । मतिं चक्रे विनाशाय कर्णस्य भरतर्षभ,भरतश्रेष्ठ! कर्णको आते देख क्रोधमें भरे हुए भीमसेनने उसके विनाशका विचार किया
dṛṣṭvā karṇa samāyāntaṃ bhīmaḥ krodhasamanvitaḥ | matiṃ cakre vināśāya karṇasya bharatarṣabha ||
Sañjaya sprach: O Stier unter den Bhāratas, als Bhīma Karṇa herankommen sah, fasste er—von Zorn erfüllt—den Entschluss, Karṇa zu vernichten.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores how anger in warfare can crystallize into a fixed resolve to destroy, warning that krodha easily turns strategic action into personal vengeance—an ethical pressure-point repeatedly examined in the Mahābhārata.
As Karṇa advances on the battlefield, Bhīma sees him and, inflamed with rage, decides to bring about Karṇa’s destruction; Sañjaya reports this to Dhṛtarāṣṭra.