Shloka 70
अस्त्रयुद्धे द्रौणिपार्थसंघर्षः — Karṇa’s Bhārgavāstra and the Search for Yudhiṣṭhira
Chapter 45
अद्य द्रक्ष्यसि त॑ वीर श्वेताश्व॑ं कृष्णसारथिम् | निध्नन्तं शात्रवान् संख्ये यं कर्ण परिपृच्छसि,“कर्ण! तुम जिन्हें पूछ रहे थे, युद्धस्थलमें शत्रुओंका संहार करते हुए उन कृष्णसारथि ब्ैतवाहन वीर अर्जुनको अभी देखोगे
adya drakṣyasi taṁ vīra śvetāśvaṁ kṛṣṇasārathim | nidhnantaṁ śātravān saṅkhye yaṁ karṇa paripṛcchasi ||
Sañjaya said: “Today, O hero, you shall see that warrior Arjuna—he whose horses are white and whose charioteer is Kṛṣṇa—cutting down the enemy hosts in the thick of battle, the very one about whom you, Karṇa, have been asking.”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores the decisive power of a righteous warrior supported by wise (and here, divine) guidance: Arjuna’s prowess is inseparable from Kṛṣṇa’s charioteership, suggesting that strength in war is ethically and strategically elevated when aligned with higher counsel and dharma.
Sañjaya addresses Karṇa and foretells an immediate battlefield sight: Karṇa will now witness Arjuna—on a chariot drawn by white horses with Kṛṣṇa as charioteer—actively slaughtering enemy forces, answering Karṇa’s earlier curiosity about him.