Shloka 117
अध्याय १४८ — कर्णप्रभावः, धृष्टद्युम्नस्य विरथता, तथा घटोत्कच-आह्वानम्
Chapter 148: Karṇa’s Pressure, Dhṛṣṭadyumna Unhorsed, and the Summoning of Ghaṭotkaca
अथ त्वमस्य मूर्धानं पातयिष्यसि भूतले । तवापि शतधा मूर्धा फलिष्यति न संशय:,“यदि तुम इसके मस्तकको पृथ्वीपर गिराओगे तो तुम्हारे मस्तकके भी सौ टुकड़े हो जायँगे। इसमें संशय नहीं है”
atha tvam asya mūrdhānaṁ pātayiṣyasi bhūtale | tavāpi śatadhā mūrdhā phaliṣyati na saṁśayaḥ ||
Sañjaya said: “If you cause his head to fall upon the ground, then your own head too will split into a hundred pieces—of this there is no doubt.”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores the principle that extreme violence can trigger immediate and proportionate retaliation; it functions as a moral deterrent, warning that certain acts in war carry unavoidable consequences.
Sañjaya reports a dire warning addressed to an unnamed warrior: if he beheads the opposing figure (making his head fall to the ground), the aggressor’s own head will shatter into a hundred pieces—suggesting a curse, boon-protection, or karmic retribution operating amid the battle.