Shloka 51
क्षिप्ता55 भ्राम्प शरै: सापि कर्णेनाभ्याहतापतत् । तब कुपित हुए घटोत्कचने सोनेके कड़ेसे विभूषित गदा घुमाकर चलायी, किंतु कर्णके बाणोंसे आहत होकर वह भी नीचे गिर पड़ी ।। ५० इ || ततोअन्तरिक्षमुत्पत्य कालमेघ इवोन्नदन्
kṣiptā bhīmapaśaraiḥ sāpi karṇenābhyāhatāpatat | tato 'ntarikṣam utpatya kālamegha ivonnadan ||
सञ्जय उवाच—सा गदा क्षिप्ता भ्राम्यमाणा, कर्णेन शरैः प्रहता भूमौ पपात। ततः घटोत्कचोऽन्तरिक्षमुत्पत्य कालमेघ इवोन्नदन्।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the instability of power in battle: even a forcefully launched weapon can be neutralized by superior counteraction. Ethically, it points to how anger and retaliation perpetuate violence—after a setback, wrath rises again rather than settling into restraint.
Karṇa’s arrows strike the hurled weapon so that it falls. Immediately after, Ghaṭotkaca leaps into the sky and roars like a dark thundercloud, signaling renewed aggression and an escalation of the duel.