Shloka 97
अध्याय ९ — कर्णस्य प्रहारः, योधयुग्मनियोजनम्, शैनेय-कैकेययोर्युद्धविन्यासः
संजय! द्रोणाचार्यके मारे जानेपर संग्राममें नरवीर कौरवोंका शत्रुओंके साथ जैसा बर्ताव हुआ, वह मुझे बताओ ।।
sañjaya! droṇācārye māre jāne 'pare saṅgrāme naravīra-kuravāṇāṃ śatrubhiḥ saha yathā vyavahāro 'bhavat, tan me vada. yathā karṇaḥ kaunteyaiḥ saha yuddham ayojayat, yathā ca dviṣatāṃ hantā raṇe śāntaḥ, tad ucyatām.
ヴァイシャンパーヤナは言った。「サンジャヤよ！ドローナアーチャールヤが討たれた後、戦場でクル族の勇士たちが敵に対していかに振る舞ったか、私に語れ。さらに、敵を屠るカルナがクンティーの子らといかに戦いを整え、そしていかにして戦場にてついに静まり返ったのか、その一切を述べよ。」
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames war as a moral and narrative problem: after the fall of a great teacher-commander (Droṇa), attention shifts to how leaders and armies ‘conduct themselves’ (vyavahāra) under pressure, and to the inevitable stilling of even the fiercest warrior. It invites reflection on responsibility, the ethics of command, and the transient nature of martial glory.
Vaiśampāyana prompts Sanjaya to recount events after Droṇa’s death: how the Kaurava heroes engaged the enemy, how Karṇa took charge and organized combat against the Pāṇḍavas (Kaunteyas), and how Karṇa—renowned as a slayer of foes—eventually became ‘still’ on the battlefield, i.e., met his end.