Shloka 82
यच्च कर्णोडब्रवीत् कृष्णां सभायां परुषं वच:
yac ca karṇo 'bravīt kṛṣṇāṃ sabhāyāṃ paruṣaṃ vacaḥ
At naalaala rin niya ang mabagsik na mga salitang binitiwan ni Karṇa kay Kṛṣṇā (Draupadī) sa harap ng maharlikang kapulungan—isang lantad na pagpapahiya na ang bigat na moral ay patuloy na umaalingawngaw sa mga kapahamakaang unti-unting lumalaganap sa digmaan.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Cruel speech, especially when used to shame someone publicly, is a grave ethical failure (adharma). The epic repeatedly treats such verbal violence as a seed of later suffering, showing that words can carry moral consequences comparable to physical acts.
Sañjaya, narrating events and their moral causes, alludes to Karṇa’s earlier harsh statement to Draupadī in the Kuru assembly. This recollection functions as a reminder of the prior injustices that underlie and intensify the present destruction of the war.