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Shloka 27

भीमसेन–कर्णयुद्धवर्णनम्

Description of the Bhīmasena–Karṇa Engagement

कर्णो द्वात्रिंशता चैव वृषसेनश्व सप्तभि: । जयद्रथस्त्रिसप्तत्या कृपश्च दशभि: शरै:

karṇo dvātriṃśatā caiva vṛṣasenaś ca saptabhiḥ | jayadrathas tri-saptatyā kṛpaś ca daśabhiḥ śaraiḥ ||

قال سانجايا: أُصيب كارنا باثنين وثلاثين سهماً؛ وفريشاسينا بسبعة؛ وجايادراثا بثلاثٍ وسبعين؛ وكريبا بعشرة. وهكذا، في زحمة القتال العاتية، وُسِمَ أبطال الصف الأول بقوة السهام المقيسة التي لا تكلّ—فكل جرحٍ علامةٌ على تصاعد التنافس في البأس والاحتمال وسط ظلمةٍ أخلاقية لحربٍ يقتل فيها القريب قريبه.

कर्णःKarna
कर्णः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootकर्ण
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
द्वात्रिंशताwith thirty-two
द्वात्रिंशता:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootद्वात्रिंशत्
FormFeminine, Instrumental, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
एवindeed/just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
वृषसेनःVrishasena
वृषसेनः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootवृषसेन
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
सप्तभिःwith seven
सप्तभिः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootसप्तन्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural
जयद्रथःJayadratha
जयद्रथः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootजयद्रथ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
त्रिसप्तत्याwith seventy-three
त्रिसप्तत्या:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootत्रिसप्तति
FormFeminine, Instrumental, Singular
कृपःKripa
कृपः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootकृप
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
दशभिःwith ten
दशभिः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootदशन्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural
शरैःwith arrows
शरैः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootशर
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Plural

संजय उवाच

S
Sanjaya
K
Karna
V
Vrishasena
J
Jayadratha
K
Kripa
A
arrows (śara)

Educational Q&A

The verse underscores the relentless, quantifiable reality of war: even the greatest names are reduced to bodies bearing wounds. Implicitly, it highlights the tragic cost of adharma-driven conflict—prowess and endurance continue, but the moral landscape is one of escalating harm.

Sañjaya reports battlefield events by listing how many arrows struck key Kaurava-side warriors—Karna, his son Vṛṣasena, Jayadratha, and Kṛpa—indicating a moment of intense exchange where prominent fighters are being heavily targeted and injured.