Shloka 5
कर्णपर्व — अध्याय ४०
Karṇa’s Pressure on the Pāñcālas; Duryodhana Disabled; Arjuna’s Counter-Advance
नाहमात्मनि किंचिद् वै किल्बिषं कर्ण संस्मरे | येन मां त्वं महाबाहो हन्तुमिच्छस्यनागसम्,महाबाहु कर्ण! मुझे अपना कोई ऐसा अपराध नहीं याद आता है, जिसके कारण तुम मुझ निरपराधको भी मार डालनेकी इच्छा रखते हो
nāham ātmani kiñcid vai kilbiṣaṃ karṇa saṃsmare | yena māṃ tvaṃ mahābāho hantum icchasy anāgasam ||
മഹാബാഹുവായ കര്ണാ! എന്റെ ഉള്ളിൽ ഞാൻ ചെയ്തതായി ഓർക്കാവുന്ന ഒരു കുറ്റവും ഇല്ല; എന്നിട്ടും നീ എന്നെ—നിരപരാധിയെ—വധിക്കുവാൻ ആഗ്രഹിക്കുന്നു.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse foregrounds ethical accountability: before violence is justified, one must identify a real offense. Claiming innocence (anāgasatva) challenges the moral grounds of hostility and highlights the dharmic demand for reasoned, just cause rather than mere enmity.
In the Karṇa Parva battle context, Sañjaya reports a direct address to Karṇa: the speaker protests that he remembers no wrongdoing in himself that would warrant Karṇa’s desire to kill him, framing the impending act as morally questionable if done against one who is guiltless.