Shloka 26
अर्जुनस्य द्रोणिप्रतिघातः कर्णोपसर्पणं च
Arjuna Checks Droṇaputra; Karṇa Advances
विव्याध चैनं दशभ्ि: क्रुद्धो नृत्यन्निवेषुभि: । कर्ण च तूर्ण विव्याध त्रिसप्तत्या शितै: शरै:,साथ ही कुपित हो नृत्य-से करते हुए भीमने दस बाणोंद्वारा उसे घायल कर दिया और तिहत्तर पैने बाणोंसे तुरंत ही कर्णको भी पाट दिया
vivyādha cainaṃ daśabhiḥ kruddho nṛtyann iveṣubhiḥ | karṇaṃ ca tūṛṇaṃ vivyādha trisaptatyā śitaiḥ śaraiḥ ||
三阇耶说道：毗摩怒火中烧，仿佛在战狂中起舞，以十箭贯穿其身；继而毫不迟疑，又以七十三支锋利如刃的箭矢疾射迦尔那。此景昭示：当愤怒与武艺一旦释放，战场上的对抗便会无休止地层层升级。
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how anger (krodha) intensifies conflict: martial prowess becomes more destructive when driven by wrath. In the Mahābhārata’s ethical frame, battlefield duty may demand fierce action, yet the narrative repeatedly warns that uncontrolled rage accelerates suffering and hardens enmity.
Sañjaya narrates a rapid exchange in battle: Bhīma, enraged and moving with dance-like speed, wounds an opponent with ten arrows and then immediately strikes Karṇa with seventy-three sharp arrows, emphasizing Bhīma’s force and the ferocity of the encounter.