Shloka 923
कर्ण: स्मरतु दुष्टात्मा वचन द्रोणभीष्मयो: । “आज दुष्टात्मा कर्ण अपने अंगोंपर गाण्डीव धनुषसे छूटे हुए भयंकर बाणोंकी चोट सहता हुआ द्रोणाचार्य और भीष्मके वचनोंको याद करे
karṇaḥ smaratu duṣṭātmā vacanaṃ droṇabhīṣmayoḥ |
Sinabi ni Sañjaya: “Nawa’y alalahanin ngayon ng masamang-loob na si Karṇa ang mga salitang sinabi nina Droṇa at Bhīṣma.”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Wise counsel ignored in pride or partisanship returns as moral reckoning in crisis; remembrance here functions as an ethical indictment—present suffering is linked to earlier refusal to heed Droṇa and Bhīṣma.
Sañjaya, narrating the battle to Dhṛtarāṣṭra, remarks that Karṇa should now remember the earlier words of Droṇa and Bhīṣma—spoken as guidance or warning—at a moment when the tide of war turns harsh against him.