Shloka 20
ऋषिसमागमः — युधिष्ठिरस्य शोकवर्णनम्
Sage Assembly and Yudhiṣṭhira’s Articulation of Grief
आश्रयो धार्तराष्ट्राणां मानी तीक्षणपराक्रम: । अमर्षी नित्यसंरम्भी क्षेप्तास्माकं रणे रणे
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca | āśrayo dhārtarāṣṭrāṇāṁ mānī tīkṣṇaparākramaḥ | amarṣī nityasaṁrambhī kṣeptāsmākaṁ raṇe raṇe |
ຢຸທິສຖິຣະ ກ່າວວ່າ: «ທ່ານເປັນທີ່ພຶ່ງຫຼັກຂອງລູກໆຂອງ ທຣິຕຣາສຕຣະ—ທະນົງ, ມີພະລັງກ້າຫານຄົມກະທັ່ງ, ບໍ່ອົດທົນຕໍ່ການດູຖູກ, ແລະໄວຕໍ່ຄວາມໂກດຢູ່ເສມອ. ສົງຄາມແລ້ວສົງຄາມອີກ ທ່ານໂຈມຕີພວກເຮົາ ທັງດ້ວຍອາວຸດ ແລະດ້ວຍຄໍາເວົ້າຄົມກະທັ່ງ. ນັກຮົບຜູ້ນັ້ນ ຜູ້ບໍ່ມີໃຜເທົ່າໃນໂລກ ແລະເປັນດັ່ງສິງໂຕໃນສະໜາມ—ຖືກເວົ້າກັນວ່າເປັນອ້າຍໃຫຍ່ຂອງພວກເຮົາ: ກັນນະ, ລູກຊາຍຂອງກຸນຕີທີ່ເກີດຢ່າງລັບໆ».
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how unchecked pride and perpetual anger can make a person formidable yet ethically dangerous; it also frames Karṇa’s power within a tragic moral context—his loyalty to the Kauravas and hostility toward his own brothers complicate simple judgments of virtue and vice.
Yudhiṣṭhira is describing Karṇa as the chief pillar of the Kauravas—proud, fierce, and constantly aggressive toward the Pāṇḍavas in every conflict—while acknowledging the painful report that Karṇa is actually their elder brother, Kuntī’s son born in secrecy.