Shloka 37
Adhyāya 36: Ghora-yuddha-varṇanam
A Clinical Description of the Intensified Engagement
स्मरसि ननु यदा परैह्तः स च धृतराष्ट्रसुतो5पि मोक्षित: । दिनकरसदूृशै: शरोत्तमैर्युधा कुरुषु बहून् विनिहत्य तानरीन्
smarasi nanu yadā parāhṛtaḥ sa ca dhṛtarāṣṭrasuto 'pi mokṣitaḥ | dinakarasadṛśaiḥ śarottamair yudhā kuruṣu bahūn vinihatya tān arīn, karṇa |
“你难道不记得那一次吗——持国之子被仇敌掳去，后来又得释放？正是阿周那在战斗中，以如日光般炽烈的上乘神箭，斩杀了那许多与俱卢为敌之众，解救王子脱离囚缚，迦尔那啊。”（舍利耶此言，是要提醒迦尔那：阿周那的本领早已证实；更有报恩之义的道德分量，不可轻蔑其恩。）
शल्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
Śalya underscores an ethical point through a historical reminder: one should acknowledge proven merit and benefaction. Arjuna’s earlier act of freeing Duryodhana demonstrates both capability and a deed that ought to be remembered with honesty rather than dismissed in pride or rivalry.
In the Karṇa–Śalya dialogue, Śalya needles and admonishes Karṇa by recalling the Ghoṣa-yātrā incident: Duryodhana was seized by enemies (Gandharvas), and Arjuna fought them with brilliant arrows and released him. Śalya uses this to highlight Arjuna’s strength and to unsettle Karṇa’s confidence.