Shloka 15
युधिष्ठिरस्य धनंजय-प्रति गर्हा
Yudhiṣṭhira’s Reproach to Dhanaṃjaya
महाराज! ऐसा कहकर पाण्डुपुत्र युधिष्ठिरने लोहेके बने हुए सुवर्णपंखयुक्त दस बाणोंद्वारा कर्णको बींध डाला ।।
sañjaya uvāca |
mahārāja! evaṃ uktvā pāṇḍuputro yudhiṣṭhiraḥ lohamayaiḥ suvarṇapakṣayuktaiḥ daśabhiḥ bāṇaiḥ karṇaṃ vivyādha ||
taṃ sūtaputro daśabhiḥ pratyaviddhyad arindamaḥ |
vatsadantaiḥ maheṣvāsaḥ prahasan iva bhārata ||
Sinabi ni Sañjaya: O Hari, matapos sabihin iyon, si Yudhiṣṭhira, anak ni Pāṇḍu, ay tumusok kay Karṇa gamit ang sampung palasong bakal na may gintong pakpak. Pagkaraan, si Karṇa, anak ng tagapagmaneho ng karwahe—tagapagpabagsak ng mga kaaway at dakilang mamamana—ay gumanti na wari’y nakangiti, at sinugatan si Yudhiṣṭhira sa sampung palasong tinatawag na “Vatsadanta.”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the battlefield ethic of immediate consequence and reciprocal action: speech and intent are tested by deeds, and each warrior answers the other within the constraints of kṣatriya-dharma, even when the outcome is painful and morally complex.
After speaking, Yudhiṣṭhira shoots and pierces Karṇa with ten iron arrows with golden feathering. Karṇa then counters at once, ‘as if smiling,’ and wounds Yudhiṣṭhira with ten arrows called Vatsadanta.