Shloka 10
काकोपमोपदेशः
The Crow-and-Swan Exemplum as Counsel to Karṇa
तो समाजम्मतुर्वीरौ भ्रातरौ रथसत्तमौ,इस प्रकार वे महाधनुर्धर, महावीर और महारथी दोनों रणदुर्मद बन्धु एक-दूसरेके सामने आ गये और क्रोधपूर्वक आपसमें भिड़कर युद्धस्थलमें परस्पर बाणोंकी वर्षा करने लगे
tau samāgamya tu vīrau bhrātarau rathasattamau | evaṃ tau mahādhanurdharau mahāvīrau mahārathī ca raṇadurmadau bandhu parasparaṃ sammukhībhūtau krodhapūrvam anyonyam āhatya yuddhasthale parasparaṃ bāṇavarṣaṃ prāvartayatām ||
Sañjaya said: Then the two heroic brothers, foremost among chariot-warriors, came face to face. Those mighty bowmen—valiant and of great martial stature—driven by the frenzy of battle, closed with one another in anger and, upon the field, began to shower each other with volleys of arrows.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how anger and the momentum of war can override natural bonds like brotherhood, turning valor into mutual destruction; it implicitly warns that krodha clouds discernment and erodes dharmic restraint even among the noble.
Sanjaya describes two heroic brothers, both elite chariot-warriors, meeting directly in combat and beginning a fierce exchange—each raining arrows upon the other on the battlefield.