Shloka 22
अपतिह्ठ[सि कृष्णेति सूतपुत्रो यदब्रवीत् धृतराष्ट्रमते कर्ण: श्लाघमान: स्वकान् गुणान्,'सूतपुत्र कर्णने धृतराष्ट्रके मतमें होकर अपने गुणोंकी प्रशंसा करते हुए जो द्रौपदीसे यह कहा था कि “कृष्णे! तू पतिहीन है” उसके इस कथनको मेरे तीखे बाण असत्य कर दिखायेंगे और क्रोधमें भरे हुए विषधर सर्पोके समान उसके रक्तका पान करेंगे
apatihīṭhāsi kṛṣṇeti sūtaputro yad abravīt dhṛtarāṣṭramate karṇaḥ ślāghamānaḥ svakān guṇān | tasya tad vacanaṃ me tīkṣṇāḥ śarā asatyaṃ kariṣyanti krodhapūrṇā viṣadharā iva sarpāḥ tasya raktapānaṃ kariṣyanti ||
三阇耶说道：“当车夫之子迦尔那——站在持国一党——自夸其能，曾对德罗帕蒂说：‘噢，黑公主（克里希那），你无夫可依。’我的利箭必使此言成虚；它们如怒胀的毒蛇，将饮他的鲜血。”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the ethical weight of speech: a humiliating insult (especially toward Draupadī) is treated as a grave moral offense whose consequences return in the form of violent retribution. It frames battlefield action as a means to ‘refute’ adharma enacted through words.
Sañjaya reports a warrior’s vow-like resolve against Karṇa. Recalling Karṇa’s earlier taunt to Draupadī—calling her ‘husbandless’—the speaker declares that his arrows will prove that claim false by striking Karṇa down, using the metaphor of wrathful venomous serpents drinking blood.