Shloka 14
अयं हि कालोअस्य दुरात्मनो वै पार्थस्य वैरप्रतियातनाय । संचिन्त्य तूणं प्रविवेश चैव कर्णस्य राजन् शररूपधारी
ayaṁ hi kālo 'sya durātmano vai pārthasya vairapratiyātanāya | saṁcintya tūṇaṁ praviveśa caiva karṇasya rājan śararūpadhārī ||
संजय बोले—राजन्, यही समय था कि वह दुरात्मा पार्थ से अपने वैर का बदला ले। ऐसा निश्चय करके, हे नरेश, वह शीघ्र ही बाण का रूप धारण कर कर्ण में प्रविष्ट हो गया, ताकि उसका प्रतिशोध पूरा हो सके।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how vengeance (vaira) seizes upon an opportune moment (kāla) and drives action; ethically, it frames retaliation as arising from a “durātman” disposition, implying that revenge is a morally corrosive motive even amid war.
Sañjaya tells Dhṛtarāṣṭra that the time had come for a malevolent force/person to retaliate against Arjuna; after deciding quickly, it enters Karṇa in the form of an arrow—indicating a decisive, weapon-centered move aimed at striking Arjuna through Karṇa’s agency.