Shloka 4
कर्णपर्व — अध्याय ५९
Arjuna Breaks the Encirclement; Bhīma Reinforces
एष दुर्योधन: पार्थ रथानीकेन दंशित: । राजा सर्वस्य लोकस्य राजानमनुधावति,'पार्थ! यह सम्पूर्ण जगत्का राजा दुर्योधन कवच धारण करके रथसेनाके साथ राजा युधिष्ठिरका पीछा कर रहा है
eṣa duryodhanaḥ pārtha rathānīkena daṃśitaḥ | rājā sarvasya lokasya rājānam anudhāvati ||
Sañjaya sprach: „O Pārtha, sieh: Duryodhana ist es, gerüstet und bewaffnet, der mit seinem Wagenheer heranrückt. Obgleich er sich König der ganzen Welt nennt, jagt er nun König Yudhiṣṭhira nach.“
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the moral irony of power-claims: one who calls himself “king of the whole world” is still ruled by anger and ambition, chasing an opponent in war. It implicitly contrasts external sovereignty with inner self-mastery, a key ethical lens in the Mahābhārata.
Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that Duryodhana, fully armed and accompanied by a chariot-force, is pursuing King Yudhiṣṭhira on the battlefield, intensifying the confrontation in the Karṇa Parva.