Shloka 2136
काकोपमोपदेशः
The Crow-and-Swan Exemplum as Counsel to Karṇa
पज्चभिर्निशितैर्बाणै: स्वर्णपुड्खै: शिलाशितै: । आपके पुत्र राजा दुर्योधनने भी शिलापर तेज किये हुए सुवर्णमय पंखवाले पाँच पैने बाणोंद्वारा युधिष्ठिरको घायल करके तुरंत बदला चुकाया
pañcabhir niśitair bāṇaiḥ svarṇapuṅkhaiḥ śilāśitaiḥ |
Sañjaya berkata: Dengan lima anak panah tajam—berbulu emas dan diasah di atas batu—putramu, Raja Duryodhana, melukai Yudhiṣṭhira dan seketika membalas serangan itu.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how retaliation perpetuates violence: in battle, the impulse to 'repay' injury quickly becomes a self-feeding cycle that eclipses restraint and ethical reflection, even when framed within kṣatriya warfare.
Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that Duryodhana, using five sharp, stone-honed, gold-fletched arrows, strikes and wounds Yudhiṣṭhira, immediately answering a prior attack.