Shloka 16
Nārada’s Account of the Kaliṅga Svayaṃvara: Duryodhana’s Seizure and Karṇa’s Escort
तेडभ्यधावन्त संक्रुद्धा: कर्णदुर्योधनावु भौ । शरवर्षाणि मुज्चन्तो मेघा: पर्वतयोरिव
teḍabhyadhāvanta saṅkruddhāḥ karṇa-duryodhanāv ubhau | śaravarṣāṇi muñcanto meghāḥ parvatayor iva ||
Nārada said: Enraged, they rushed upon both Karṇa and Duryodhana, releasing a rain of arrows—like clouds pouring streams upon two mountains. The image underscores how wrath, once unleashed, turns conflict into a deluge that overwhelms restraint and right judgment.
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how uncontrolled anger (krodha) escalates conflict into overwhelming violence; the poetic comparison to clouds drenching mountains suggests the sheer force of aggression and the ethical need for restraint and discernment even amid hostility.
Nārada describes combatants charging at Karṇa and Duryodhana in great fury and showering them with arrows, likened to clouds raining torrents upon two mountains.