Shloka 26
अर्जुनकर्णसंनिपातवर्णनम् / The Convergence of Arjuna and Karṇa
पूजितो धृतराष्ट्रेण सपुत्रेण महाबल: । त्वदर्थमेव राधेय: स कथं निहतस्त्वया,जो सम्पूर्ण युद्धकी कलामें कुशल, विख्यात महारथी, धनुर्धरोंमें श्रेष्ठ तथा सब शत्रुओंमें प्रधान पुरुष था, जिसे पुत्रसहित धृतराष्ट्रने तुम्हारा सामना करनेके लिये ही सम्मानपूर्वक रखा था, वह महाबली राधापुत्र कर्ण तुम्हारे द्वारा कैसे मारा गया?
pūjito dhṛtarāṣṭreṇa saputreṇa mahābalaḥ | tvadartham eva rādheyaḥ sa kathaṃ nihatas tvayā ||
坚战说道：“那大力的罗提耶（迦尔纳）为持国与其诸子所礼敬供养，正是为你而设——使之与你相抗。你究竟如何将他杀死？”
युधिषछ्िर उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the moral and psychological weight of war: even a righteous side must reckon with the fall of a celebrated hero. It points to the tension between personal valor and the larger forces of alliance, duty, and destiny that decide outcomes.
Yudhiṣṭhira addresses Arjuna, expressing astonishment that Karna—publicly honored and maintained by Dhṛtarāṣṭra and the Kauravas specifically to oppose Arjuna—has nevertheless been killed by Arjuna, and he asks how this occurred.