Shloka 68
Karna Reproves Shalya; Brahmin Reports on Bāhlīkas; Shalya’s Universalizing Rebuttal (कर्ण–शल्य संवादः)
ततो द्रक्ष्यसि संग्रामे यत् करिष्यामि भारत । सर्वथा पाण्डवान् संख्ये विजेष्ये वै समागतान्
tato drakṣyasi saṅgrāme yat kariṣyāmi bhārata | sarvathā pāṇḍavān saṅkhye vijeṣye vai samāgatān ||
“Pagkaraan nito, O Bhārata, makikita mo sa labanan ang aking gagawin. Sa sagupaan ng mga sandata, tiyak na madadaig ko, sa lahat ng paraan, ang mga Pāṇḍava na dumating sa larangan.”
कर्ण उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the warrior ethos of making public resolve and staking one’s reputation on action in battle; ethically, it also shows how confidence and ambition can harden into a vow that fuels escalation, regardless of the broader dharmic ambiguity of the war.
Karna addresses Duryodhana (called ‘Bhārata’), promising that Duryodhana will witness his deeds in the coming fight and asserting that he will certainly defeat the assembled Pāṇḍavas on the battlefield.