द्रष्टासि ध्रुवमद्यैव विधवा: कर्णयोषित: । न हि मे शाम्यते मन्युर्यदनेन पुरा कृतम्,“आप निश्चय ही, आज कर्णकी स्त्रियोंको विधवा हुई देखेंगे। इस अदूरदर्शी मूर्खने सभामें द्रौपदीको आयी देख बारंबार उसकी तथा हमलोगोंकी हँसी उड़ायी और हम सब लोगोंपर आक्षेप किया। ऐसा करते हुए इस कर्णने पहले जो कुकृत्य किया है, उसे याद करके मेरा क्रोध शान्त नहीं होता है
draṣṭāsi dhruvam adyaiva vidhavāḥ karṇayoṣitaḥ | na hi me śāmyate manyur yad anena purā kṛtam ||
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संजय उवाच
The verse frames war’s outcomes as moral consequence: public humiliation and adharma committed in the assembly (especially against Draupadī) ripen into catastrophic loss. It also shows how unresolved indignation (manyu) is fueled by remembered injustice, warning that dishonor inflicted on the vulnerable returns as social and personal ruin.
Sanjaya, narrating the battlefield events to Dhṛtarāṣṭra, foretells that Karṇa will be slain that very day, leaving his women widowed. He justifies this grim certainty by recalling Karṇa’s earlier conduct in the Kuru assembly—mocking Draupadī when she was brought there and insulting others—deeds that keep Sanjaya’s anger from subsiding.