Shloka 496
निजघान सुसंक्रुद्धश्षेदीनां च महारथान् । राजन! तत्पश्चात् क्रोधमें भरे हुए कर्णने समरांगणमें जिष्णु, जिष्णुकर्मा, देवापि, भद्र, दण्ड, चित्र, चित्रायुध, हरि, सिंहकेतु, रोचमान तथा महारथी शलभ--इन चेदिदेशीय महारथियोंका संहार कर डाला
sañjaya uvāca |
ni jaghāna susaṁkruddhaś cedīnāṁ ca mahārathān |
rājan! tatpaścāt krodham eva bhare hue karṇena samarāṅgaṇe jiṣṇuṁ jiṣṇukarmāṇaṁ devāpiṁ bhadraṁ daṇḍaṁ citraṁ citrāyudhaṁ hariṁ siṁhaketum rocamānaṁ tathā mahārathī śalabham—ime cedideśīyā mahārathinaḥ saṁhāraṁ kṛtāḥ ||
Sañjaya said: Fiercely enraged, Karna struck down the great chariot-warriors of Cedi. O King, thereafter, on the battlefield, Karna—his wrath fully kindled—slew these Cedi champions: Jishnu, Jishnukarman, Devapi, Bhadra, Danda, Chitra, Chitrayudha, Hari, Simhaketu, Rochamana, and the great warrior Shalabha.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how krodha (wrath), once fully aroused, drives rapid escalation in violence. Even within the framework of kṣatriya warfare, it implicitly warns that anger diminishes restraint and hastens destruction.
Sanjaya reports to Dhritarashtra that Karna, in intense fury, slays a series of named Cedi mahārathas on the battlefield, marking a decisive and grim surge in the fighting.