Shloka 9
Karṇa-parva Adhyāya 58 — Arjuna’s Arrow-Storm and Relief of Bhīmasena
पार्षतस्य धनुश्कछित्त्वा शरांश्षाशीविषोपमान् । ताडयामास संक्रुद्ध: पार्षत॑ नवभि: शरै:
pārṣatasya dhanuś chittvā śarān āśīviṣopamān | tāḍayāmāsa saṅkruddhaḥ pārṣataṁ navabhiḥ śaraiḥ ||
Sabi ni Sañjaya: Matapos putulin ang busog ng anak ni Prishata at pati ang mga palasong makamandag na tila mga ahas na nakamamatay, si Karṇa, nag-aalab sa galit, ay tumama kay Dhṛṣṭadyumna mismo sa siyam na palaso.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how martial excellence can be intensified by anger, yet it also implicitly warns that krodha (wrath) drives escalation: first disabling the opponent’s weapon, then inflicting direct injury—showing the moral tension between warrior duty and uncontrolled passion.
Karna severs Dṛṣṭadyumna’s bow and cuts down his serpent-like, deadly arrows; then, enraged, he wounds Dṛṣṭadyumna with nine arrows.