Shloka 50
कर्णपर्व — अध्याय ५७
Arjuna’s targeted advance; Śalya–Karṇa dialogue; interception attempts
सर्वमाह सुदुर्धर्षो वासुदेव: किरीटिने । ततो राजन् महाघोर: प्रादुरासीन्महारण:
sañjaya uvāca |
sarvam āha sudurdharṣo vāsudevaḥ kirīṭine |
tato rājan mahāghoraḥ prādurāsīn mahāraṇaḥ ||
Sinabi ni Sañjaya: Isinalaysay ng di-matitinag na Vāsudeva (Śrī Kṛṣṇa) ang lahat kay Arjuna na may suot na diyadema. Pagkaraan nito, O Hari, sumiklab ang isang napakakilabot na dakilang labanan—kung saan ang payo’y napalitan ng mabagsik na pagsubok sa paninindigan at sa dharma sa gitna ng digmaan.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the transition from guidance to action: Kṛṣṇa, portrayed as invincible and authoritative, completes his counsel to Arjuna, after which the terrible battle begins—suggesting that right understanding and resolve must precede engagement in morally fraught conflict.
Sañjaya reports to King Dhṛtarāṣṭra that Kṛṣṇa has conveyed all necessary instructions to Arjuna; immediately afterward, the scene shifts into the outbreak of an extremely fierce phase of the war.