Shloka 50
युधिष्ठिरस्य धनंजय-प्रति गर्हा
Yudhiṣṭhira’s Reproach to Dhanaṃjaya
अभिद्रुत्य तु राधेय: पाण्डुपुत्रं युधिष्ठिरम्
abhidrutya tu rādheyaḥ pāṇḍuputraṃ yudhiṣṭhiram | śubhalakṣaṇasampannena gaurahastena tasya skandhaṃ spṛṣṭvā balād grahītuṃ cikīrṣur iva, ātmānaṃ pavitrayitum iva | tasminn eva kāle kuntīdevyai dattavacanaṃ tasya smṛtim ājagāma ||
サンジャヤは語った。ラーダーの子カルナは、パーンドゥの子ユディシュティラを追って疾走した。金剛（ヴァジュラ）、天蓋、鉤、魚、旗、亀、蓮華などの吉相を帯びた白い手でユディシュティラの肩に触れ、まるでその行為によって自らを清めるかのように、力ずくで捕らえようとした。だがその瞬間、カルナはクンティー王妃に立てた誓いを思い出した。
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even amid the fury of battle, moral restraint can arise from a prior vow: Karṇa’s remembered promise to Kuntī checks an impulse toward a decisive but ethically constrained act, showing how personal commitments and dharma can limit violence.
Karṇa closes in on Yudhiṣṭhira and physically touches his shoulder, appearing ready to seize him; at that critical instant he recalls the word he had given to Kuntī, which alters or restrains his immediate course of action.