Shloka 32
भीमसेन बोले--यह भूमि दुर्योधन, कर्ण, दुरात्मा शकुनि तथा चौथे दुःशासनके रक्तका निश्चय ही पान करेगी ।।
arjuna uvāca
asūyitāraṁ draṣṭāraṁ pravaktāraṁ vikatthanam |
bhīmasena-niyogāt te hantāhaṁ karṇam āhave ||
Bhīmasena berkata: “Bumi ini pasti akan meneguk darah Duryodhana, Karṇa, Śakuni yang berhati jahat, serta Duḥśāsana (bersama saudara-saudaranya).” Arjuna berkata: “Wahai abang Bhīmasena! Atas perintahmu, pasti akan kubunuh Karṇa di medan perang—dia yang suka mencari-cari salah, dengki, bersukacita melihat derita kita, memberi nasihat jahat kepada Kaurava, dan bermegah dengan kata-kata kosong.”
अजुन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames envy, delight in others’ suffering, harmful counsel, and empty boasting as morally blameworthy traits. Arjuna’s response presents a dharmic stance of opposing such adharma in the arena of kṣatriya duty, while also emphasizing disciplined action undertaken under a rightful injunction (niyoga) rather than mere personal rage.
In the aftermath of the humiliation and escalating hostility in the Kaurava court, Bhīma and Arjuna articulate vows of future retribution. Here Arjuna addresses Bhīma and declares that, at Bhīma’s command, he will kill Karṇa in the coming war, characterizing Karṇa as envious, cruelly pleased by others’ misery, a malicious adviser, and a vain boaster.