Shloka 39
अर्जुनकर्णसंनिपातवर्णनम् / The Convergence of Arjuna and Karṇa
जिस दुष्टबुद्धिवाले कर्णने कौरव-वीरोंके बीच भरी सभामें द्रौपदीसे कहा था कि 'कृष्णे! तू इन अत्यन्त दुर्बल, पतित और शक्तिहीन पाण्डवोंको छोड़ क्यों नहीं देती?” ।।
yo 'sau karṇaḥ pratyajānāt tvad-arthaṃ nāhaṃ hatvā saha kṛṣṇena pārtham | ihopeyāteti sa pāpa-buddhiḥ kaccic chete śara-samabhinna-gātraḥ ||
ユディシュティラは言った。「邪心のカルナ――カウラヴァの勇士たちの前、満座の सभा においてドラウパディーに『クリシュネよ、なぜこの極めて弱く、落ちぶれ、力なきパーンダヴァらを捨てぬのだ』と言い放ち、さらにおまえのために『今日、クリシュナとともにパールタ（アルジュナ）を討たずしては、ここへ戻らぬ』と誓った者――その罪深き者は今、おまえの矢により四肢を裂かれ、大地に伏しているのか。」
युधिषछ्िर उवाच
Educational Q&A
A boastful vow rooted in adharma and cruelty—especially when tied to public humiliation and contempt—invites ruin. The verse highlights moral causality: arrogance and wicked intent meet their end when confronted by steadfast, dharma-aligned resistance.
Yudhiṣṭhira questions Arjuna about Karṇa’s fate. He recalls Karṇa’s earlier insolence and his battlefield vow to return only after killing Arjuna along with Kṛṣṇa, and asks whether Karṇa now lies slain, his body shattered by Arjuna’s arrows.