Shloka 12
भीष्मरक्षण-प्रकरणम् / The Protective Screen around Bhīṣma and the Śalya–Yudhiṣṭhira Clash
विजित्य च यदा कर्ण सदा पुरुषमानिनम् । उत्तरायै ददौ वस्त्र पर्याप्तं तन्निदर्शनम्
vijitya ca yadā karṇaṃ sadā puruṣamāninam | uttarāyai dadau vastraṃ paryāptaṃ tannidarśanam ||
သဉ္ဇယက ပြောသည်– «ထို့ပြင် မိမိ၏ ယောကျ်ားသတ္တိကို အမြဲတမ်း ဂုဏ်ယူနေသော ကာဏ္ဏကို အာဂျုနက အနိုင်ယူသောအခါ၊ ကာဏ္ဏ၏ အဝတ်အစားကို ယူကာ ဥတ္တရာအား ပေးအပ်ခဲ့သည်။ ဤဥပမာပင် သက်သေဖြစ်ရန် လုံလောက်သည်»။
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse uses a concrete precedent to make a point: even a famed warrior who prides himself on valor can be overcome, and an act (taking and gifting a garment) is cited as ‘sufficient evidence’—highlighting how pride is checked by circumstance and how argumentation in the epic often relies on illustrative examples (nidarśana).
Sañjaya recalls an earlier incident: Arjuna defeats Karṇa, takes Karṇa’s garment, and gives it to Uttarā. He presents this as an adequate illustrative proof for the point under discussion in the surrounding passage.