Mahabharata (Gita Press) 7.175.6 - Drona Parva, Adhyaya 175, Shloka 6
धृष्टद्युम्नस्तु विरथो हताश्वो हतसारथि: । गृहीत्वा परिघं घोरं कर्णस्याश्वानपीपिषत्,घोड़े और सारथिके मारे जानेपर रथहीन हुए धृष्टद्युम्नने एक भयंकर परिघ उठाकर उसके द्वारा कर्णके घोड़ोंको पीस डाला
sañjaya uvāca |
dhṛṣṭadyumnas tu viratho hatāśvo hatasārathiḥ |
gṛhītvā parighaṃ ghoraṃ karṇasyāśvān apīpiṣat ||
കുതിരകളും സാരഥിയും വധിക്കപ്പെട്ടതിനാൽ രഥരഹിതനായ ധൃഷ്ടദ്യുമ്നൻ ഭയങ്കരമായ പരിഘം എടുത്ത് അതുകൊണ്ട് കർണ്ണന്റെ കുതിരകളെ ചതച്ചുകളഞ്ഞു।
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The verse highlights how war pressures warriors into increasingly harsh measures: when one’s own supports (chariot, horses, charioteer) are destroyed, survival and victory often drive a turn to brute force aimed at disabling the opponent’s capacity to fight. It implicitly raises the ethical tension between kṣatriya duty in battle and the dehumanizing escalation that battle produces.
Dhrishtadyumna has become chariotless because his horses and charioteer have been killed. He picks up a fearsome parigha (heavy iron club) and uses it to crush Karna’s horses, thereby crippling Karna’s chariot-mobility in the ongoing combat.
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