Shloka 15
युधिष्ठिरस्य धनंजय-प्रति गर्हा
Yudhiṣṭhira’s Reproach to Dhanaṃjaya
महाराज! ऐसा कहकर पाण्डुपुत्र युधिष्ठिरने लोहेके बने हुए सुवर्णपंखयुक्त दस बाणोंद्वारा कर्णको बींध डाला ।।
sañjaya uvāca |
mahārāja! evaṃ uktvā pāṇḍuputro yudhiṣṭhiraḥ lohamayaiḥ suvarṇapakṣayuktaiḥ daśabhiḥ bāṇaiḥ karṇaṃ vivyādha ||
taṃ sūtaputro daśabhiḥ pratyaviddhyad arindamaḥ |
vatsadantaiḥ maheṣvāsaḥ prahasan iva bhārata ||
サンジャヤは言った。「王よ、そう言い終えるや、パーンドゥの子ユディシュティラは金の翼を備えた鉄の矢十本でカルナを射貫いた。すると御者の子カルナ—敵を挫く者にして大弓の名手—は、まるで微笑むかのように応じ、『ヴァツァダンタ』と呼ばれる矢十本でユディシュティラを傷つけた。」
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the battlefield ethic of immediate consequence and reciprocal action: speech and intent are tested by deeds, and each warrior answers the other within the constraints of kṣatriya-dharma, even when the outcome is painful and morally complex.
After speaking, Yudhiṣṭhira shoots and pierces Karṇa with ten iron arrows with golden feathering. Karṇa then counters at once, ‘as if smiling,’ and wounds Yudhiṣṭhira with ten arrows called Vatsadanta.