Shloka 9
अध्याय ६० — कर्णस्य पाञ्चाल-सोमक-निग्रहः
Karna’s Suppression of the Panchala–Somaka Forces
तथैव तावका राजन् पाण्डवानामनीकिनीम् | अभ्यद्रवन्त त्वरिता जिघांसन्तो महारथा:,राजन्! इसी प्रकार आपके महारथी वीर भी पाण्डव-सेनाका वध करनेके लिये बड़े वेगसे उसकी ओर दौड़े
tathaiva tāvakā rājan pāṇḍavānām anīkinīm | abhyadravan tvaritā jighāṃsanto mahārathāḥ ||
Sañjaya disse: “Do mesmo modo, ó Rei, os teus grandes guerreiros de carro avançaram velozes contra o exército dos Pāṇḍavas, com intenção de matar—impelidos pelo ímpeto feroz da batalha mais do que pela contenção.”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how, in war, intention (jighāṃsā—desire to kill) and speed can eclipse restraint; it implicitly raises the ethical tension between kṣatriya battle-duty and the moral cost of pursuing slaughter as an aim.
Sañjaya reports to King Dhṛtarāṣṭra that the Kaurava elite warriors, mirroring the opposing movement, rapidly charge toward the Pāṇḍava battle-host with the purpose of destroying it.