Shloka 9
अध्याय ६० — कर्णस्य पाञ्चाल-सोमक-निग्रहः
Karna’s Suppression of the Panchala–Somaka Forces
तथैव तावका राजन् पाण्डवानामनीकिनीम् | अभ्यद्रवन्त त्वरिता जिघांसन्तो महारथा:,राजन्! इसी प्रकार आपके महारथी वीर भी पाण्डव-सेनाका वध करनेके लिये बड़े वेगसे उसकी ओर दौड़े
tathaiva tāvakā rājan pāṇḍavānām anīkinīm | abhyadravan tvaritā jighāṃsanto mahārathāḥ ||
Sañjaya said: “In the same way, O King, your own great chariot-warriors rushed swiftly toward the Pāṇḍavas’ army, intent on slaughter—driven by the fierce momentum of battle rather than restraint.”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how, in war, intention (jighāṃsā—desire to kill) and speed can eclipse restraint; it implicitly raises the ethical tension between kṣatriya battle-duty and the moral cost of pursuing slaughter as an aim.
Sañjaya reports to King Dhṛtarāṣṭra that the Kaurava elite warriors, mirroring the opposing movement, rapidly charge toward the Pāṇḍava battle-host with the purpose of destroying it.