Shloka 54
उद्योगपर्व — अध्याय ५४: दुर्योधनस्य धृतराष्ट्रं प्रति बलप्रशंसन-युक्तः आश्वासनवादः
Duryodhana’s Reassurance and Force-Praise to Dhritarashtra
इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत उद्योगपर्वके अन्तर्गत यानसंधिपर्वमें संजयवाक्यविषयक चौवनवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
anujñātaś ca rāmeṇa matsamo ’sīti bhārata | kuṇḍale rucire cāstāṃ karṇasya sahaje śubhe ||
Санджая сказал: «О Бхарата! Обучив Карну, Рама (Парашурама) отпустил его, сказав: “Ты равен мне (в знании оружия)”. Кроме того, Карна с рождения обладал двумя сияющими, благими серьгами.»
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Power and excellence arise from both disciplined learning (weapon-lore gained from a master) and innate endowment (birth-gifts like Karṇa’s earrings). The ethical pressure is that such advantages intensify responsibility: martial mastery must be governed by dharma, especially as war approaches.
Sañjaya reports that Paraśurāma, after completing Karṇa’s instruction, dismisses him with high praise—calling him his equal in arms-knowledge—and notes Karṇa’s congenital, auspicious earrings, marking him as exceptionally endowed.