Shloka 796
श्रुत्वा कर्णो वच: क्रूरं ततश्नचिच्छेद कार्मुकम् । 'युद्धस्थलमें प्रहारोंक कारण अधिक क्लान्त हो जानेसे वह व्याकुल होकर खड़ा रहा। तदनन्तर समरांगणमें द्रोणाचार्यका समयोचित क्रूर वचन सुनकर कर्णने अभिमन्युके धनुषको काट डाला
sañjaya uvāca | śrutvā karṇo vacaḥ krūraṃ tataś cāciccheda kārmukam |
Sinabi ni Sanjaya: Nang marinig ang malupit na pananalitang iyon, saka pinutol ni Karna ang busog. Sa siksik ng labanan—nang ang mandirigma’y nakatayo, balisa sa matinding pagod dahil sa sunod-sunod na hampas—si Karna, matapos marinig ang napapanahong ngunit marahas na udyok ni Dronacharya sa digmaan, ay pinutol ang busog ni Abhimanyu, at lalo pang pinatindi ang di-pantay at usaping-dharma na paglusob.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The passage highlights how harsh counsel and battlefield expediency can push warriors toward actions that intensify adharma—here, disabling an opponent’s weapon at a moment of vulnerability—raising questions about the limits of kṣatriya-dharma and the moral cost of victory-driven strategy.
Sañjaya reports that, after hearing a cruel yet timely prompt attributed to Droṇa on the battlefield, Karṇa responds by cutting the opponent’s bow—identified in the surrounding narrative as Abhimanyu’s—thereby worsening Abhimanyu’s predicament amid an already overwhelming assault.