Shloka 303
कर्णपरर्वणि त्रयोचत्वारिंशदध्यायः (Karṇa-parva Adhyāya 43) — Kṛṣṇa’s Battlefield Assessment and the Reversal Around Bhīma
यदन्यो<प्युक्तवानस्मान् ब्राह्मण: कुरुसंसदि । शल्य! इस बातको अच्छी तरह समझ लो। हर्षका विषय है कि इसके सम्बन्धमें मैं तुम्हें कुछ और बातें बता रहा हूँ, जिन्हें दूसरे ब्राह्मणने कौरव-सभामें हमलोगोंसे कहा था --
yad anyo 'py uktavān asmān brāhmaṇaḥ kuru-saṁsadi | śalya, etad suṣṭhu vijānīhi; harṣasya viṣayo 'yaṁ yat tasya sambandhe 'haṁ tubhyaṁ kiñcid aparam api vakṣyāmi—yāny anyena brāhmaṇena kaurava-sabhāyām asmābhyaḥ proktāni |
Карна сказал: «Шалья, уясни это как следует. Мне отрадно, что по этому поводу я могу рассказать тебе ещё больше — то, что некогда другой брахман говорил нам в собрании куру. Сейчас я вспоминаю те слова, чтобы представить тебе их смысл.»
कर्ण उवाच
Educational Q&A
Karna frames his point by appealing to authoritative speech heard in the royal assembly: counsel should be understood clearly, and past admonitions—especially from respected voices like a Brahmin—can be recalled to guide present conduct amid conflict.
In the midst of the Karna–Śalya exchange, Karna addresses Śalya and introduces additional remarks connected to their situation, citing what an unnamed Brahmin previously told them in the Kuru court; he is about to recount those words to support his argument.