Mahabharata 7.106.4 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 106, Shloka 4
भीमसेन–कर्णयुद्धवर्णनम्
Description of the Bhīmasena–Karṇa Engagement
भूरिश्रवा: शल: कर्णो वृषसेनो जयद्रथ: । कृपश्च मद्रराजश्च द्रौणिश्व रथिनां वर:
sañjaya uvāca |
bhūriśravāḥ śalaḥ karṇo vṛṣaseno jayadrathaḥ |
kṛpaś ca madrarājaś ca drauṇiś ca rathināṃ varaḥ ||
ภูริศรวัส ศละ กรรณะ วฤษเสนะ ชยทรถ กฤปาจารย์ พระราชาแห่งมทรคือศัลยะ และอัศวัตถามาโอรสแห่งโทรณะ ผู้เลิศในหมู่นักรบรถศึก—มหารถีทั้งแปดนี้ปรากฏเป็นยอดขุนศึกแนวหน้า
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse functions as a moral-narrative marker: it highlights how immense martial excellence can be gathered in service of contested aims. In the Mahābhārata’s ethical frame, prowess (śaurya) is not automatically dharma; the same heroic qualities can uphold justice or intensify adharma depending on intention, allegiance, and conduct.
Sañjaya enumerates prominent Kaurava-aligned chariot-warriors in Droṇa Parva, emphasizing the formidable concentration of fighters—Karṇa, his son Vṛṣasena, Jayadratha, Kṛpa, Śalya, Aśvatthāmā, and others—who are poised for major engagements in the ongoing Kurukṣetra war.
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