Shloka 1
Chapter 136: Pandava Counter-Encirclement and the Vāyavya-Astra Disruption
भीस्न्आ तन () अजमना चतुस्त्रिंशर्दाधकशततमो< ध्याय: भीमसेन और कर्णका युद्ध, धृतराष्ट्रपुत्र दुर्मुखका वध तथा कर्णका पलायन संजय उवाच सर्वथा विरथ: कर्ण: पुनर्भीमेन निर्जित: । रथमन्यं समास्थाय पुनर्विव्याध पाण्डवम्
sañjaya uvāca | sarvathā virathaḥ karṇaḥ punar bhīmena nirjitaḥ | ratham anyaṃ samāsthāya punar vivyādha pāṇḍavam ||
सञ्जय उवाच—सर्वथा विरथः कर्णः पुनर्भीमेन निर्जितः। रथमन्यं समास्थाय पुनर्विव्याध पाण्डवम्॥
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the war-ethic of relentless engagement: even after being rendered chariotless and defeated, Karṇa immediately re-enters combat. It implicitly shows how martial pride and kṣatriya resolve can sustain courage, yet also perpetuate cycles of retaliation rather than restraint.
Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that Bhīma has again defeated Karṇa, leaving him without his chariot. Karṇa then mounts another chariot and strikes the Pāṇḍava (Bhīma) again, continuing their duel.