Shloka 11
कर्णेन सैन्यस्थापनं तथा नानायुद्धसमवायः
Karna Reforms the Host and Multiple Duels Converge
सती पुरा हृता काचिदारट्टात् किल दस्युभि: । अधर्मतश्नोपयाता सा तानभ्यशपत् ततः
satī purā hṛtā kācid āraṭṭāt kila dasyubhiḥ | adharmataś copayātā sā tān abhyśapat tataḥ |
सती पुरा हृता काचिदारट्टात् किल दस्युभिः । अधर्मतश्नोपयाता सा तानभ्यशपत् ततः ॥
कर्ण उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames sexual violence and abduction as adharma and introduces the moral logic that grievous wrongdoing invites a corresponding consequence—here, a curse—underscoring accountability beyond immediate power.
Karna begins an illustrative tale: bandits abduct a chaste woman from Āraṭṭa and violate her; in response, she utters a curse against them, setting up the outcome that will follow in subsequent verses.