Shloka 120
“भरतनन्दन! जिन्होंने अपने मन और इन्द्रियोंको वशमें नहीं कर रखा है, उनके लिये कर्णके अस्त्रको रोकना अत्यन्त कठिन है। समरांगणमें इसकी चोट खाकर ये पांचाल- सैनिक सम्पूर्ण दिशाओंमें भाग रहे हैं ।।
bharatanandana! yeṣāṁ mana indriyāṇi ca vaśe na sthāpitāni, teṣāṁ karṇāstrasya nivāraṇaṁ paramaduṣkaram. samaraṅgaṇe tasya prahāraṁ prāpyaite pāñcālāḥ sainikāḥ sarvāsu diśāsu palāyante. eṣa bhīmo dṛḍhakrodho vṛtaḥ pārtha samantataḥ; sṛñjayair yodhayann karṇaḥ pīḍyate niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ.
Sañjaya disse: “Ó descendente de Bharata, para aqueles que não dominaram a mente e os sentidos, é dificílimo resistir à arma de Karṇa. Atingidas por sua força no campo de batalha, as tropas dos Pāñcālas fogem em todas as direções. E eis Bhīma — inflexível em sua ira — cercado por todos os lados, enquanto os Sṛñjayas combatem Karṇa; contudo, Karṇa está sendo acossado e ferido por suas flechas afiadas.”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse links inner discipline to outer resilience: those who have not mastered mind and senses are easily overwhelmed by fear and force in crisis. In the ethical frame of the Mahabharata, self-control (indriya-nigraha) is portrayed as a prerequisite for steadiness and right action amid the chaos of war.
Sanjaya reports to Dhritarashtra that Karna’s weaponry is causing the Panchala troops to scatter. At the same time, Bhima stands surrounded, and the Sṛñjaya fighters are engaging Karna; despite Karna’s ferocity, he is being pressed and hurt by their sharp arrows.