Mahabharata 7.4.5 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 4, Shloka 5
अध्याय ४ — भीष्मेन कर्णोत्साहनम्
Bhīṣma’s Encouragement of Karṇa
स्वबाहुबलवीर्येण धार्तराष्ट्रजयैषिणा । कर्ण राजपुरं गत्वा काम्बोजा निर्जितास्त्वया
svabāhubalavīryeṇa dhārtarāṣṭrajayaiṣiṇā | karṇa rājapuraṁ gatvā kāmbojā nirjitāstvayā ||
സഞ്ജയൻ പറഞ്ഞു— ഹേ കര്ണാ! ധൃതരാഷ്ട്രപുത്രൻ (ദുര്യോധനൻ) ജയിക്കണമെന്ന ആഗ്രഹത്തോടെ, നിന്റെ സ്വന്തം ഭുജബലവും വീര്യവും ആശ്രയിച്ച് നീ രാജപുരത്തിലേക്ക് ചെന്നു സമസ്ത കാംബോജരെയും കീഴടക്കി.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the moral complexity of valor: extraordinary personal strength and courage can be ethically ambiguous when directed toward partisan victory. It invites reflection on how loyalty and ambition can channel heroism into the machinery of war.
Sañjaya addresses Karṇa, recalling that Karṇa went to a place called Rājapura and conquered the Kāmbojas, motivated by the aim of securing victory for Duryodhana (Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s son).
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