Shloka 32
त्वया कथितमत्यर्थ कर्णेन सह हृष्टवत्,“दुर्योधन! तुमने एकान्तस्थानके समान भरी सभामें धृतराष्ट्रके सुनते हुए कर्णके साथ अत्यन्त प्रसन्न-से होकर मोहवश बारंबार बहुत जोर देकर यह बात कही है कि “तात! मैं, कर्ण और भाई दुःशासन--ये तीन ही समरभूमिमें एक साथ होकर पाण्डवोंका वध कर डालेंगे।” प्रत्येक सभामें ऐसी ही शेखी बघारते हुए तुम्हारी बात मैंने सुनी है
sañjaya uvāca | tvayā kathitam atyarthaṃ karṇena saha hṛṣṭavat— “duryodhana! tvam ekāntasthāne samānabharī sabhāyāṃ dhṛtarāṣṭrasya śṛṇvataḥ karṇena saha atyanta-prasanna iva mohavaśāt bāraṃbāraṃ bahu jorena idaṃ vacaḥ punar punar abhāṣathāḥ— ‘tāta! ahaṃ karṇaś ca bhrātā duḥśāsanaś ca— ime traya eva samara-bhūmau ekatra bhūtvā pāṇḍavān vadhiṣyāmaḥ’ iti | pratyeka-sabhāyām evaṃvidhāṃ śekhīṃ bāgharatā tava vākyaṃ mayā śrutam iti ||
Sañjaya berkata: “Duryodhana! Dengan Karna di sisimu, dalam luapan kegirangan, tersesat oleh delusi, engkau berulang kali—dengan penekanan yang keras—membual di hadapan Dhritarashtra di tengah sidang yang penuh, seolah-olah itu tempat sunyi: ‘Ayahanda! Aku, Karna, dan saudaraku Duhshasana—hanya kami bertiga—akan berdiri bersama di medan laga dan membunuh para Pandawa.’ Aku telah mendengar kesombongan yang sama itu engkau ucapkan di setiap sidang.”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how moha (delusion) and excessive pride lead to reckless speech and overconfidence. Such bravado, especially voiced publicly before elders and the court, becomes a moral and political failure: it ignores realistic counsel, inflames hostility, and accelerates adharma by treating mass violence as a matter of ego.
Sanjaya reports that Duryodhana repeatedly boasted in the royal assembly—while Dhritarashtra listened—that he, Karna, and Duhshasana alone would together kill the Pandavas on the battlefield. The statement is presented as a recurring court claim, emphasizing Duryodhana’s habitual swagger and the atmosphere of escalating war.