Shloka 120
“भरतनन्दन! जिन्होंने अपने मन और इन्द्रियोंको वशमें नहीं कर रखा है, उनके लिये कर्णके अस्त्रको रोकना अत्यन्त कठिन है। समरांगणमें इसकी चोट खाकर ये पांचाल- सैनिक सम्पूर्ण दिशाओंमें भाग रहे हैं ।।
bharatanandana! yeṣāṁ mana indriyāṇi ca vaśe na sthāpitāni, teṣāṁ karṇāstrasya nivāraṇaṁ paramaduṣkaram. samaraṅgaṇe tasya prahāraṁ prāpyaite pāñcālāḥ sainikāḥ sarvāsu diśāsu palāyante. eṣa bhīmo dṛḍhakrodho vṛtaḥ pārtha samantataḥ; sṛñjayair yodhayann karṇaḥ pīḍyate niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ.
Sinabi ni Sañjaya: “O supling ni Bharata, para sa mga hindi nakapaghari sa isip at mga pandama, napakahirap salagin ang sandata ni Karṇa. Nang tamaan ng bagsik nito sa larangan, ang mga kawal ng Pāñcāla ay tumatakas sa lahat ng dako. At masdan si Bhīma—di-natitinag sa poot—napalilibutan sa magkabilang panig, habang ang mga Sṛñjaya ay nakikipaglaban kay Karṇa; subalit si Karṇa man ay ginugulo at pinapahirapan ng kanilang matutulis na palaso.”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse links inner discipline to outer resilience: those who have not mastered mind and senses are easily overwhelmed by fear and force in crisis. In the ethical frame of the Mahabharata, self-control (indriya-nigraha) is portrayed as a prerequisite for steadiness and right action amid the chaos of war.
Sanjaya reports to Dhritarashtra that Karna’s weaponry is causing the Panchala troops to scatter. At the same time, Bhima stands surrounded, and the Sṛñjaya fighters are engaging Karna; despite Karna’s ferocity, he is being pressed and hurt by their sharp arrows.