Shloka 4
तमभ्यधावतन्निहते कुमारे कैकेयसेनापतिरुग्रकर्मा । शरैरविधुन्वन् भृशमुग्रवेगै: कर्णात्मजं चाप्यहनत् प्रसेनम्,केकयराजकुमारके मारे जानेपर वहाँके सेनापति उग्रकर्माने कर्णपर धावा किया। उसने धनुषको तीव्रवेगसे संचालित करते हुए भयंकर वेगवाले बाणोंद्वारा कर्णके पुत्र प्रसेनको भी घायल कर दिया
tam abhyadhāvat tan-nihate kumāre kaikeyasenāpatir ugrakarmā | śarair vidhunvan bhṛśam ugravegaiḥ karṇātmajaṃ cāpy ahanat prasenaṃ ||
Sanjaya said: When that prince had been struck down, the Kekaya army-commander Ugrakarman rushed forward. Whirling his bow and driving forth arrows of dreadful speed, he also struck Karna’s son Prasena, wounding him in the press of battle.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the war-ethic of immediate reprisal: the fall of a warrior triggers swift counteraction, showing how battlefield dharma (kṣatriya conduct) can intensify conflict and multiply suffering through chains of retaliation.
After a prince has been struck down, the Kekaya commander Ugrakarman charges forward and, using fast and fierce arrows, strikes and wounds Prasena, who is identified as Karṇa’s son.