Shloka 55
अर्जुनस्य द्रोणिप्रतिघातः कर्णोपसर्पणं च
Arjuna Checks Droṇaputra; Karṇa Advances
एते चान्ये च राजेन्द्र प्रवीरा जयगृद्धिन: । अभ्यर्दयन् महेष्वासं सूतपुत्रं महामृथे,राजेन्द्र विजयकी अभिलाषा रखनेवाले इन प्रमुख वीरों तथा दूसरोंने भी उस महासमरमें महाधनुर्धर सूतपुत्र कर्णको बाणोंद्वारा पीड़ित कर दिया
ete cānye ca rājendra pravīrā jayagṛddhinaḥ | abhyardayan maheṣvāsaṃ sūtaputraṃ mahāmṛdhe ||
サンジャヤは言った。「王よ、勝利への渇望に駆られたこれらの第一の勇士たち—そして他の者たちも—は、あの大合戦において、大弓手カルナ、御者の子を矢の雨で攻め立て、苦しめた。」
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how the desire for victory (jayagṛddhi) drives even great heroes to concentrate force against a single formidable opponent. It implicitly raises the ethical tension in war: prowess and duty operate alongside ambition, and suffering is produced by collective martial pressure.
Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that many leading warriors, along with others, converge upon Karṇa in the great battle and wound/harass him with showers of arrows, emphasizing the intensity of the assault on the renowned archer.