Shloka 22
अभिमन्युना दुःशासनस्य ताडनम्
Abhimanyu’s Rebuke and Wounding of Duḥśāsana; Karṇa’s Counter-volley
अहमेनं हनिष्यामि महाराज ब्रवीमि ते । मिषतां पाण्डुपुत्राणां पजचालानां च पश्यताम्,“महाराज! मैं आपसे (प्रतिज्ञापूर्वक) कहता हूँ। मैं पांचालों और पाण्डवोंके देखते- देखते इस अभिमन्युको मार डालूँगा
aham enaṁ haniṣyāmi mahārāja bravīmi te | miṣatāṁ pāṇḍuputrāṇāṁ pāñcālānāṁ ca paśyatām ||
ಮಹಾರಾಜಾ! ನಿಮಗೆ ನಾನು ಪ್ರತಿಜ್ಞೆಯಿಂದ ಹೇಳುತ್ತೇನೆ—ಪಾಂಡುಪುತ್ರರೂ ಪಾಂಚಾಲರೂ ನೋಡುತ್ತಿರಲಿರುವಾಗಲೇ ಈ ಅಭಿಮನ್ಯುವನ್ನು ನಾನು ಸಂಹರಿಸುವೆನು.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how vows and public declarations in war can be driven by pride and the urge to humiliate the opponent, raising ethical tension between martial resolve and the moral cost of seeking victory through intimidation and spectacle.
Sañjaya reports to King Dhṛtarāṣṭra that a warrior has made a forceful pledge to kill Abhimanyu in full view of the Pāṇḍavas and the Pāñcālas, framing the act as both a battlefield objective and a public affront to the enemy.