Shloka 16
Nārada’s Account of the Kaliṅga Svayaṃvara: Duryodhana’s Seizure and Karṇa’s Escort
तेडभ्यधावन्त संक्रुद्धा: कर्णदुर्योधनावु भौ । शरवर्षाणि मुज्चन्तो मेघा: पर्वतयोरिव
teḍabhyadhāvanta saṅkruddhāḥ karṇa-duryodhanāv ubhau | śaravarṣāṇi muñcanto meghāḥ parvatayor iva ||
Disse Nārada: Enfurecidos, arremeteram contra Karṇa e Duryodhana, lançando uma chuva de flechas — como nuvens que derramam torrentes sobre duas montanhas. A imagem ressalta como a ira, uma vez solta, transforma o conflito num dilúvio que sufoca a contenção e o reto juízo.
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how uncontrolled anger (krodha) escalates conflict into overwhelming violence; the poetic comparison to clouds drenching mountains suggests the sheer force of aggression and the ethical need for restraint and discernment even amid hostility.
Nārada describes combatants charging at Karṇa and Duryodhana in great fury and showering them with arrows, likened to clouds raining torrents upon two mountains.