Mahabharata 7.175.58 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 175, Shloka 58
जहि कर्ण महेष्वासं निशीथे मायया रणे । पार्था द्रोणं वधिष्यन्ति धृष्टद्युम्नपुरोगमा:
jahi karṇa maheṣvāsaṃ niśīthe māyayā raṇe | pārthā droṇaṃ vadhiṣyanti dhṛṣṭadyumnapurogamāḥ ||
Vāyu dit : «Abats Karṇa, ce grand archer, sur le champ de bataille à minuit, par ton stratagème. Alors les fils de Pṛthā, conduits par Dhṛṣṭadyumna, donneront la mort à Droṇa.»
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The verse highlights the moral tension of warfare: strategic necessity (night attack and deception) is presented as a means to decisive outcomes, suggesting how dharma becomes contested and compromised under extreme conflict.
Vāyu addresses a listener (implied commander/agent) with a directive and prediction: Karṇa is to be killed at midnight through a stratagem, and thereafter the Pāṇḍavas, led by Dhṛṣṭadyumna, will kill Droṇa.
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