Shloka 6
Arjuna’s Approach, Drona’s Recognition, and the Turning of the Cattle (अर्जुनागमनम्, द्रोणवाक्यम्, गोगमनिवृत्तिः)
समाहितो हि बीभत्सुर्वर्षाण्यष्टी च पठच च | जातस्नेहश्न युद्धेडस्मिन् मयि सम्प्रहरिष्यति,अर्जुन तेरह वर्षोतक वनमें समाधि लगाता रहा है, किंतु उसका इस युद्धमें स्नेह है; अतः मुझपर वह बाणोंका प्रहार करेगा
samāhito hi bībhatsur varṣāṇy aṣṭī ca pañca ca | jātasnehaś ca yuddhe 'smin mayi samprahariṣyati ||
Karna said: “Indeed, Bībhatsu (Arjuna) has lived in disciplined concentration for thirteen years; yet in this battle his affection and attachment are fully awakened. Therefore he will strike at me with his arrows.”
कर्ण उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even long discipline and self-control can be tested by personal bonds and rivalries; in war, attachment (sneha) can become a decisive motive that drives action, for good or ill, alongside duty.
Karna assesses Arjuna’s mindset: though Arjuna has spent thirteen years in austerity and restraint, Karna believes Arjuna’s personal attachment and battle-zeal are now aroused, so Arjuna will directly attack Karna with arrows.