Shloka 243
कर्णपरर्वणि त्रयोचत्वारिंशदध्यायः (Karṇa-parva Adhyāya 43) — Kṛṣṇa’s Battlefield Assessment and the Reversal Around Bhīma
वाहीकेष्वविनीतेषु प्रोच्यमानं निबोध तत् | शल्य! उस श्रेष्ठ ब्राह्मणने ये सब बातें बताकर उद्ण्ड बाहीकोंके विषयमें पुनः जो कुछ कहा था, वह भी बताता हूँ, सुनो--
Vāhīkeṣv avinīteṣu procyamānaṃ nibodha tat | Śalya! sa śreṣṭha-brāhmaṇena ye sarvāḥ kathāḥ kathitvā uddaṇḍa-vāhīkān prati punaḥ yad uktaṃ tad api te bravīmi, śṛṇu ||
Dijo Karna: «Escucha con atención lo que se decía acerca de los indisciplinados Vāhīkas. Oh Śalya, después de que aquel excelente brāhmaṇa hubo relatado todo eso, cuanto añadió sobre los Vāhīkas desenfrenados, también te lo diré. Óyeme.»
कर्ण उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse foregrounds the ethical weight of discourse: communities are judged by discipline (vinaya) and conduct, and speech can be used to frame moral evaluation—here as a prelude to censure meant to provoke or instruct.
Karna addresses Śalya and signals that he will continue recounting what a distinguished brāhmaṇa said about the Vāhīkas, specifically emphasizing their lack of discipline; it functions as a transition into further remarks about them.