Shloka 27
कर्णेन सैन्यस्थापनं तथा नानायुद्धसमवायः
Karna Reforms the Host and Multiple Duels Converge
इति रक्षोपसृष्टेषु विषवीर्यहतेषु च । राक्षसं भैषजं प्रोक्ते संसिद्धवचनोत्तरम्,जिनपर राक्षसोंका उपद्रव है तथा जो विषके प्रभावसे मारे गये हैं, उनके लिये यह उत्तम सिद्ध वाक्य ही राक्षसके प्रभावका निवारण करनेवाला एवं जीवनरक्षक औषध बताया गया है
iti rakṣopasṛṣṭeṣu viṣavīryahateṣu ca | rākṣasaṃ bhaiṣajaṃ prokte saṃsiddhavacanottaram ||
Karna said: “Thus, for those afflicted by the assault of rākṣasas, and for those struck down by the potency of poison, this perfected utterance has been declared a rākṣasa-countering remedy—an efficacious medicine that wards off such malignant influence and restores life.”
कर्ण उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse presents a traditional Mahābhārata idea that a ‘perfected utterance’—a proven, authoritative speech-formula—can function as a remedy: it counters hostile forces (rākṣasa-affliction) and neutralizes lethal poison, emphasizing the ethical duty to protect and restore life even amid conflict.
Karna is describing (or endorsing) a specific efficacious statement as a therapeutic measure. He frames it as a recognized ‘medicine’ for two crises—demonic assault and poisoning—indicating a context where battlefield or hostile conditions require protective and restorative knowledge.