Shloka 15

दुर्योधनस्य कर्णप्रार्थना — कृपकर्णसंवादः

Duryodhana’s Appeal to Karna — The Kripa–Karna Dialogue

Devanagari script

अनेकान्‌ विप्रकारांश्व सूतपुत्रसमुद्भवान्‌ | स्मरमाण: कथं भीमो युयुथे सूतसूनुना,सूतपुत्रके द्वारा किये गये अनेक अपकारोंको स्मरण करके भीमसेनने उसके साथ किस तरह युद्ध किया?

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | anekān viprakārāṃś ca sūtaputra-samudbhavān | smaramāṇaḥ kathaṃ bhīmo yuyuthe sūtasūnunā ||

Translation

अनेकान् विप्रकारान् सूतपुत्रसमुद्भवान् स्मरमाणः कथं भीमो युयुधे सूतसूनुना?

Word by Word

अनेकान्many

विप्रकारान्injuries, wrongs, harms

चand

सूतपुत्रसमुद्भवान्arisen from the son of a charioteer (i.e., caused by Karna)

स्मरमाणःremembering

कथम्how?

भीमःBhima

युयुथेfought

सूतसूनुनाwith the son of a charioteer (Karna)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

स

संजय (Sañjaya)

भ

भीम (Bhīma/Bhīmasena)

स

सूतपुत्र / सूतसूनु (the sūta’s son—Karṇa)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse points to the ethical tension in righteous warfare: even when one remembers past injuries, a warrior must act with discipline and within dharma, not merely from personal vengeance. It foregrounds self-restraint amid justified conflict.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes (or prompts reflection on) Bhīma’s combat with Karṇa, noting that Bhīma had many reasons for resentment due to Karṇa’s past harmful acts. The focus is on how Bhīma nevertheless entered the fight despite those remembered wrongs.