कर्णस्य सेनापत्याभिषेकः | Karṇa’s Consecration as Commander-in-Chief
सपत्नानां निहन्ता च महत्या सेनया वृतः
sapatnānāṁ nihantā ca mahatyā senayā vṛtaḥ
ສັນຊະຍະກ່າວວ່າ: “ເຂົາເປັນຜູ້ຂ້າສັດຕູຄູ່ປະລະມື ແລະຢືນຢູ່ທ່າມກາງການລ້ອມຮອບຂອງກອງທັບອັນມະຫາສານ.” ຖ້ອຍຄໍານີ້ຊີ້ໃຫ້ເຫັນຈັນຍາບັນແຫ່ງສົງຄາມໃນມະຫາກາບີ: ຄວາມກ້າຫານບໍ່ໄດ້ວັດດ້ວຍວິລະກຳສ່ວນຕົວເທົ່ານັ້ນ ແຕ່ຍັງວັດດ້ວຍຄວາມເປັນຈິງທາງຍຸດທະສາດ—ການມີກຳລັງຂອງຕົນຄ້ຳຈຸນ ແລະລ້ອມຮອບໃນການປະທະທີ່ກໍາລັງຄືບໜ້າ.
संजय उवाच
The verse highlights the Mahābhārata’s martial ethic: a warrior’s identity is framed through the defeat of adversaries and the collective power of an army, reminding readers that battlefield outcomes arise from both individual prowess and organized support.
Sañjaya describes a prominent warrior as a killer of enemies, positioned amid and protected by a large military formation—setting the scene for imminent combat and emphasizing the scale and intensity of the engagement.