Shloka 216
कर्णपरर्वणि त्रयोचत्वारिंशदध्यायः (Karṇa-parva Adhyāya 43) — Kṛṣṇa’s Battlefield Assessment and the Reversal Around Bhīma
चेलापहारं कुर्वाणास्ताडयिष्याम भूयस: । 'मार्गमें तक्रके साथ पूए और सत्तूके पिण्ड खाकर अत्यन्त प्रबल हो कब चलते हुए बहुत-से राहगीरोंको उनके कपड़े छीनकर हम अच्छी तरह पीटेंगे”
celāpahāraṃ kurvāṇās tāḍayiṣyāma bhūyaḥ |
“વારંવાર, માર્ગમાં મુસાફરોના વસ્ત્રો છીનવતાં છીનવતાં, અમે તેમને સારી રીતે મારશું.”
कर्ण उवाच
Educational Q&A
The line illustrates adharma: choosing exploitation and violence as a repeated practice. It serves as a negative ethical example—power used for predation rather than protection undermines social order and personal righteousness.
Karna speaks of repeatedly robbing passers-by of their clothes and beating them. The statement conveys an intention toward coercive, criminal behavior rather than lawful conduct.