Shloka 60
सृजेतां स्पर्थिनावेतौ दिव्यान्यस्त्राणि सर्वश: । वध्यमानेषु चास्त्रेषु पीडित: सूतनन्दन:
sṛjetāṃ spardhināv etau divyāny astrāṇi sarvaśaḥ | vadhyamāneṣu cāstreṣu pīḍitaḥ sūtanandanaḥ ||
ಆ ಇಬ್ಬರು ಪ್ರತಿಸ್ಪರ್ಧಿ ವೀರರು ಎಲ್ಲ ವಿಧದ ದಿವ್ಯಾಸ್ತ್ರಗಳನ್ನು ಬಿಡಲಾರಂಭಿಸಿದರು. ಮತ್ತು ಅಸ್ತ್ರಗಳು ಮಧ್ಯಮಾರ್ಗದಲ್ಲೇ ಪ್ರತಿಹತವಾಗಿ ನಿಷ್ಪ್ರಭವಾಗುತ್ತಿರಲು, ಸೂತನಂದನ ಕರ್ಣನು ತೀವ್ರವಾಗಿ ಪೀಡಿತನಾದನು—ಅವನ ಆಕ್ರಮಣವು ಮರುಮರು ತಡೆಯಲ್ಪಡುತ್ತಿತ್ತು।
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how rivalry can drive combatants to total escalation—deploying every available power—yet even extraordinary force meets resistance and counter-force. Ethically, it underscores the self-reinforcing cycle of violence in war: each side’s ‘divine’ capability becomes a means of intensifying suffering rather than resolving conflict.
Two opposing champions are exchanging celestial missiles. Their weapons are being countered and destroyed as they are launched, and in this back-and-forth Karṇa—identified as the charioteer’s son—is described as being severely pressured, his attacks repeatedly checked.