Shloka 253
Adhyāya 40 (Book 7, Droṇa-parva): Abhimanyu’s Rapid Advance and Battlefield Disruption
अभ्यवर्षत संक्रुद्धः पुत्रस्य हितकृत् तव । यह सुनकर आपके पुत्रका हित करनेवाला कर्ण अत्यन्त क्रोधमें भरकर दुर्द्धर्ष वीर अभिमन्युपर तीखे बाणोंकी वर्षा करने लगा
sañjaya uvāca | abhyavarṣata saṅkruddhaḥ putrasya hitakṛt tava |
サンジャヤは言った。「それを聞くや、汝の子のためを思うカルナは激怒し、アビマンニュに向けて鋭い矢の雨を猛然と降らせ始めた。」
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights a moral tension central to the Mahābhārata: devotion to one’s ally and cause (here, Karṇa’s commitment to Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s son) can become ethically perilous when driven by anger, leading to disproportionate violence and diminished discernment.
Sañjaya reports that Karṇa, provoked and determined to protect Duryodhana’s interests, launches an intense barrage of arrows at Abhimanyu, escalating the combat around the young Pāṇḍava hero.