Shloka 1
कर्णनिधनवृत्तान्तनिवेदनम् | Reporting Karṇa’s Fall to Yudhiṣṭhira
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sañjaya uvāca | yudhiṣṭhireṇaivam uktaḥ kaunteyaḥ śvetavāhanaḥ | asiṃ jagrāha saṃkruddho jighāṃsur bharatarṣabham ||
Sañjaya sprach: „O König, als Yudhishthira so gesprochen hatte, wurde Arjuna—Kuntīs Sohn, berühmt als Lenker des weißrossigen Wagens—von heftigem Zorn ergriffen. In der Absicht, Yudhishthira, den Stier unter den Bhāratas, zu töten, zog er sein Schwert.“
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse foregrounds a dharmic tension: even righteous warriors can be overwhelmed by krodha (anger), and ethical conduct depends on restraint and discernment, especially when conflict turns inward against one’s own kin.
After Yudhishthira’s words, Arjuna becomes furious and, intending to kill his elder brother, draws his sword—signaling a sudden escalation from battlefield hostility to a dangerous internal rupture among the Pandavas.