Shloka 14
कर्णवधप्रसङ्गः / The Context of Karṇa’s Fall
Krishna’s Dharmic Recollection and the Decisive Astra
मृत्योरास्य॑ व्यात्तमिवाभिपद्य प्रभद्रका: कर्णमासाद्य राजन् । रथांस्तु तान् सप्तशतान् निमग्नां- स्तदा कर्ण: प्राहिणोन्मृत्युसझ
mṛtyor āsyaṁ vyāttam ivābhipadya prabhadrakāḥ karṇam āsādya rājan | rathāṁs tu tān saptśatān nimagnāṁs tadā karṇaḥ prāhiṇon mṛtyulokaṁ rājan ||
ຂ້າແຕ່ພະຣາຊາ! ພຣະພັດຣະກະ (Prabhadraka) ທັງຫຼາຍ ພຸ້ນເຂົ້າໄປຫາ ກັນນະ (Karna) ດັ່ງເຂົ້າໄປໃນປາກຂອງຄວາມຕາຍທີ່ອ້າປາກກວ້າງ ແລະຕົກຢູ່ໃນພິບັດອັນໜັກ. ແລ້ວກັນນະໄດ້ສົ່ງນັກຮົບລົດສົງຄາມເຈັດຮ້ອຍຄົນ—ດັ່ງຈົມຢູ່ໃນທະເລແຫ່ງສົງຄາມ—ໄປສູ່ໂລກແຫ່ງມະຕະພາບໃນທັນທີ.
अजुन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the moral gravity of war: courage without discernment can become a headlong entry into death, and battlefield glory is inseparable from mortality and consequence.
The Prabhadrakas charge at Karna, likened to rushing into Death’s open mouth; Karna overwhelms them and dispatches seven hundred chariot-warriors to the realm of Death.