Shloka 456
जानातु मां रणे कृष्ण प्रवरं सर्वधन्विनाम् | “श्रीकृष्ण! अमर्षशील दुर्योधन आज कर्णको रणभूमिमें मारा गया देख मुझे सम्पूर्ण धनुर्धरोंमें श्रेष्ठ ममझ ले
jānātu māṃ raṇe kṛṣṇa pravaraṃ sarva-dhanvinām |
Sañjaya nói: “Xin Kṛṣṇa hãy biết ta, giữa chiến địa, là bậc nhất trong mọi cung thủ. Hỡi Śrī Kṛṣṇa! Hôm nay, khi Duryodhana nóng nảy thấy Karṇa bị giết trên chiến trường, xin hãy nhận ta là người ưu việt nhất trong toàn thể những kẻ cầm cung.”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the kṣatriya impulse toward honor and recognition through skill in war. Ethically, it points to how the pursuit of fame and superiority can dominate the battlefield mindset, often eclipsing reflection on the wider dharmic cost of violence.
In the midst of the Karṇa Parva’s intense fighting, a combatant’s message is framed (through Sañjaya’s narration) as a direct challenge or self-proclamation to Kṛṣṇa: to be acknowledged in battle as the foremost archer.