Shloka 95
अध्याय ९ — कर्णस्य प्रहारः, योधयुग्मनियोजनम्, शैनेय-कैकेययोर्युद्धविन्यासः
पुन: पुनर्न मृष्यामि हतं कर्ण च पाण्डवै: । यस्य बाह्ोर्बलं तुल्यं कुज्जराणां शतं शतै:,जिसकी भुजाओंमें दस हजार हाथियोंका बल था, वह कर्ण पाण्डवोंद्वारा मारा गया, यह बारंबार सुनकर मुझसे सहा नहीं जाता
punaḥ punar na mṛṣyāmi hataṃ karṇaṃ ca pāṇḍavaiḥ | yasya bāhor balaṃ tulyaṃ kuñjarāṇāṃ śataṃ śataiḥ ||
ヴァイシャンパーヤナは言った。「幾度となく、カルナがパーンダヴァたちに討たれたと聞くのに、私は耐えられない。腕力は幾百幾百の象に等しいと語られた、あのカルナが。かくも大いなる没落の報せが繰り返されるほど、耐え難さは増すばかりである。」
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the human and ethical weight of war: even when events are part of a larger dharmic outcome, the repeated news of a great warrior’s death remains emotionally unbearable. It points to the tragic cost of conflict and the fragility of worldly power, however immense.
Vaiśampāyana expresses distress at repeatedly hearing that Karṇa—renowned for extraordinary arm-strength likened to that of countless elephants—has been killed by the Pāṇḍavas. The line functions as a lament and a measure of Karṇa’s stature within the war narrative.