Shloka 24
रथचिह्नवर्णनम् / Description of Chariot Standards and Allied Advances
शुराश्न बलवन्तश्न विक्रान्ताश्व महारथा: । विनिध्नन्तश्न भीमेन संरब्धेनाभिचोदिता:,क्रोधमें भरे हुए भीमसेनसे प्रेरित हो वे शूरवीर, बलवान् पराक्रमी महारथी सैनिक हमारे सैनिकोंको मारते आ रहे हैं
śūrāś ca balavantaś ca vikrāntāś ca mahārathāḥ | vinighnantaś ca bhīmena saṃrabdhenābhicoditāḥ ||
कर्ण उवाच—शूराश्च बलवन्तश्च विक्रान्ताश्च महारथाः । भीमेन क्रोधसंरब्धेनाभिचोदिताः पुरःसराः ॥ अस्माकं सैन्यानि निघ्नन्तोऽग्रे प्रसरन्ति ते ॥
कर्ण उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how intense emotion—especially wrath—can become a driving force that amplifies collective violence in war; it implicitly warns that leadership and incitement shape the moral and practical course of battle.
Karna reports that powerful, elite warriors, stirred up by Bhima’s furious energy, are pressing forward and killing the Kaurava soldiers, indicating a surge in the Pandava side’s offensive momentum.