Shloka 1583
कर्णेन युधिष्ठिरानीकविदारणम् / Karṇa’s Breach of Yudhiṣṭhira’s Battle-Line
नास्मै हरास्त्राणि दिव्यानि प्रादास्यद् भूगुनन्दन: । भूपाल! यदि कर्णमें कोई पाप या दोष होता तो भृगुनन्दन परशुराम इसे दिव्यास्त्र न देते
nāsmāi harāstrāṇi divyāni prādāsyad bhṛgunandanaḥ | bhūpāla! yadi karṇe pāpaṃ vā doṣo vā bhavet, tarhi bhṛgunandanaḥ paraśurāmaḥ asmai divyāstrāṇi na dadāt |
ドゥルヨーダナは言った。「王よ、もしカルナに罪や道義の瑕が少しでもあったなら、ブリグの子（パラシュラーマ）がこの神々しき武器を授けることなど決してなかったであろう。パラシュラーマが天界の武器を与えたという事実そのものが、カルナの相応しさの証である。」
दुर्योधन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Moral credibility is argued through the authority of a revered teacher: Duryodhana claims that a strict and discerning guru like Paraśurāma would not grant divine weapons to someone tainted by sin or serious fault, so the gift is presented as evidence of Karṇa’s worthiness.
In the Karṇa Parva context, Duryodhana defends and praises Karṇa before a kingly interlocutor, asserting that Paraśurāma’s bestowal of celestial weapons proves Karṇa’s merit and counters any accusation of दोष (fault) or पाप (sin).