Shloka 27
इतीदमुक्त्वा विससर्ज तं शरं प्रयत्नतो वर्षमणाभिपूजितम् । हतो$सि वै फाल्गुन इत्यधिक्षिप- न्रुवाच चोच्चैरगिरिमूर्जितां वृष:
ity idam uktvā visasarja taṁ śaraṁ prayatnato varṣamāṇābhipūjitam | hato ’si vai phālguna ity adhikṣipan rurova coccair agirim ūrjitāṁ vṛṣaḥ ||
یہ کہہ کر کرن نے اُس تیر کو—جس کی وہ برسوں سے پوجا کرتا آیا تھا—پورے جتن سے دشمن کی طرف چھوڑ دیا۔ پھر طعنہ دیتے ہوئے بلند آواز میں کہا: “اے فالگن! تو یقیناً مارا گیا!”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how long-cultivated power and devotion can be directed toward destructive ends in war, and how speech (taunts, boasts) becomes an ethical instrument—used to intimidate and destabilize the opponent. It invites reflection on restraint (vāg-dharma) even amid kṣatriya conflict.
After speaking, Karṇa releases a specially revered arrow with full effort at Arjuna and loudly taunts him, declaring that Arjuna is surely slain—signaling Karṇa’s confidence and the escalation of the duel.