Shloka 246
कृष्णोपदेशः, अर्जुनस्य क्षमा-याचनम्, कर्णवध-अनुज्ञा
Krishna’s Counsel, Arjuna’s Apology, and Authorization for Karṇa’s Slaying
कर्ण रणे महाराज पुत्राणां तव पश्यताम् । महाराज! तदनन्तर युद्धका हौसला रखनेवाले भीमसेनने अपने बाणोंसे आपके पुत्रोंके देखते-देखते कर्णको आच्छादित कर दिया
karṇa raṇe mahārāja putrāṇāṃ tava paśyatām | mahārāja! tad-anantaraṃ yuddha-kā hauslā rakhanewāle bhīmasenane apne bāṇoṃse āpke putroṃke dekhte-dekhte karṇako ācchādita kara diyā
サンジャヤは言った。「王よ、そなたの御子らが見守る中、カルナは戦のただ中に立っていた。ついで大王よ、戦に怯まぬ堅き心のビー マセーナが、そなたの御子らの眼前で矢を雨のごとく浴びせ、カルナを矢で覆い尽くした。この光景は、勇気と執拗な奮闘が、権勢ある証人の視線の下でさえ予想を覆し得ること、そして戦が力のみならず意志の不動をも試すことを示している。」
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The passage highlights battlefield resolve: valor is shown not merely by status or spectatorship, but by sustained effort under pressure. It also implies an ethical tension of war—public witnessing does not prevent violence, but it intensifies responsibility and the moral weight of outcomes.
Sanjaya reports to Dhritarashtra that, as the Kaurava princes watched, Bhima launched a fierce arrow-shower at Karna, effectively covering or obscuring him with missiles in the midst of combat.