Shloka 62
Karṇa-parva Adhyāya 58 — Arjuna’s Arrow-Storm and Relief of Bhīmasena
अर्जुनं समरे क्रुद्धः प्रेक्षमाणो मुहुर्मुहुः | दैरथं चापि पार्थेन कामयानो महारणे,राजराजेश्वर! तत्पश्चात् कर्णने समरांगणमें कुपित हो अर्जुनकी ओर बारंबार देखते हुए विजय नामक धनुषकी टंकार की। वह महासमरमें अर्जुनके साथ द्वैरथ युद्धकी अभिलाषा करता था
sañjaya uvāca | arjunaṃ samare kruddhaḥ prekṣamāṇo muhur muhuḥ | dairathaṃ cāpi pārthena kāmayāno mahāraṇe |
Sañjaya said: Enraged in the battle, Karṇa kept looking again and again toward Arjuna. In that great combat, longing for a chariot-duel with Pṛthā’s son, he made his bowstring resound as a challenge.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the kṣatriya ethos of direct challenge and personal accountability in war: intense emotion (anger) is present, yet it is channeled into a formalized code of combat (dairatha), where honor and resolve are publicly signaled.
Sañjaya describes Karna on the battlefield: he repeatedly fixes his gaze on Arjuna and, desiring a decisive chariot-duel with him, makes his bow resound—an audible declaration of challenge in the midst of the great war.