Shloka 15
युधिष्ठिरस्य धनंजय-प्रति गर्हा
Yudhiṣṭhira’s Reproach to Dhanaṃjaya
महाराज! ऐसा कहकर पाण्डुपुत्र युधिष्ठिरने लोहेके बने हुए सुवर्णपंखयुक्त दस बाणोंद्वारा कर्णको बींध डाला ।।
sañjaya uvāca |
mahārāja! evaṃ uktvā pāṇḍuputro yudhiṣṭhiraḥ lohamayaiḥ suvarṇapakṣayuktaiḥ daśabhiḥ bāṇaiḥ karṇaṃ vivyādha ||
taṃ sūtaputro daśabhiḥ pratyaviddhyad arindamaḥ |
vatsadantaiḥ maheṣvāsaḥ prahasan iva bhārata ||
桑阇耶说道：大王啊，说罢此言，般度之子坚战（Yudhiṣṭhira）以十支铁箭、金翼为饰，射穿迦尔那。随即，车夫之子迦尔那——克敌者、强弓善射——仿佛含笑还击，以名为“犊牙”（Vatsadanta）的十支箭射伤坚战。
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the battlefield ethic of immediate consequence and reciprocal action: speech and intent are tested by deeds, and each warrior answers the other within the constraints of kṣatriya-dharma, even when the outcome is painful and morally complex.
After speaking, Yudhiṣṭhira shoots and pierces Karṇa with ten iron arrows with golden feathering. Karṇa then counters at once, ‘as if smiling,’ and wounds Yudhiṣṭhira with ten arrows called Vatsadanta.