Shloka 32
भीमसेन बोले--यह भूमि दुर्योधन, कर्ण, दुरात्मा शकुनि तथा चौथे दुःशासनके रक्तका निश्चय ही पान करेगी ।।
arjuna uvāca
asūyitāraṁ draṣṭāraṁ pravaktāraṁ vikatthanam |
bhīmasena-niyogāt te hantāhaṁ karṇam āhave ||
Wika ni Bhīmasena: “Tunay na iinumin ng lupang ito ang dugo nina Duryodhana, Karṇa, ng masamang-loob na Śakuni, at ni Duḥśāsana (kasama ng kanyang mga kapatid).” Wika ni Arjuna: “Kapatid na Bhīmasena! Sa iyong utos, tiyak kong papatayin si Karṇa sa digmaan—siya na laging naghahanap ng mali, punô ng inggit, natutuwa sa pagtanaw ng ating pagdurusa, nagbibigay ng masamang payo sa mga Kaurava, at nagyayabang sa hungkag na pananalita.”
अजुन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames envy, delight in others’ suffering, harmful counsel, and empty boasting as morally blameworthy traits. Arjuna’s response presents a dharmic stance of opposing such adharma in the arena of kṣatriya duty, while also emphasizing disciplined action undertaken under a rightful injunction (niyoga) rather than mere personal rage.
In the aftermath of the humiliation and escalating hostility in the Kaurava court, Bhīma and Arjuna articulate vows of future retribution. Here Arjuna addresses Bhīma and declares that, at Bhīma’s command, he will kill Karṇa in the coming war, characterizing Karṇa as envious, cruelly pleased by others’ misery, a malicious adviser, and a vain boaster.