Shloka 25
युधिष्ठिरस्य धनंजय-प्रति गर्हा
Yudhiṣṭhira’s Reproach to Dhanaṃjaya
प्रतिलभ्य तु राधेय: संज्ञां नातिचिरादिव | दश्ने राजविनाशाय मन: क्रूरपराक्रम:
pratilabhya tu rādheyaḥ saṃjñāṃ nāticirād iva | daśne rājavināśāya manaḥ krūraparākramaḥ ||
सञ्जय उवाच—राधेयः संज्ञां प्रतिलभ्य नातिचिरादेव, क्रूरपराक्रमः, राजविनाशाय मनो दधे।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how, in the heat of conflict, inner impulses like anger and the thirst for victory can quickly return even after a setback. Ethically, it warns that mere recovery of strength is not the same as recovery of discernment; without restraint, renewed power can immediately serve destructive intent.
Sañjaya reports that Karna, after briefly losing consciousness, soon comes to himself and immediately directs his mind toward killing ‘the king’—i.e., he renews a lethal resolve against a principal royal opponent in the ongoing battle.