Shloka 21
कर्णभीमसमागमः | Karṇa–Bhīma Encounter
तं कथं पाण्डवा युद्धे विजेष्यन्ति महारथम्,यो हन्यात् समरे क्रुद्धो वजहस्तं पुरंदरम् | “जो कुपित होनेपर वज्रधारी इन्द्रको भी समरभूमिमें मार डालनेकी शक्ति रखता है, उस महारथी वीर कर्णको पाण्डवलोग युद्धमें कैसे जीत लेंगे?
taṃ kathaṃ pāṇḍavā yuddhe vijeṣyanti mahāratham, yo hanyāt samare kruddho vajrahastaṃ puraṃdaram |
സഞ്ജയൻ പറഞ്ഞു—സമരത്തിൽ ക്രോധിച്ചാൽ വജ്രഹസ്തനായ പുരന്ദരൻ ഇന്ദ്രനെയ്ക്കൂടി വധിക്കാനുള്ള ശക്തിയുള്ള ആ മഹാരഥൻ വീരൻ കർണനെ പാണ്ഡവർ യുദ്ധത്തിൽ എങ്ങനെ ജയിക്കും?
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores how war magnifies perceptions of strength: rhetorical comparisons to gods express the psychological weight of a formidable warrior. It invites reflection on how morale, fear, and reputation shape ethical resolve and strategic judgment amid dharmic conflict.
Sañjaya, reporting the battlefield situation, emphasizes Karna’s terrifying capability by saying he could, in anger, slay even Indra. He then questions how the Pāṇḍavas could possibly defeat such a mahāratha, heightening tension in the Karṇa Parva war narrative.