Shloka 30

भीमसेन–कर्णयुद्धवर्णनम्

Description of the Bhīmasena–Karṇa Engagement

Devanagari script

कर्ण द्वादशभिवविंद्ध्या वृषसेनं त्रिभि: शरै:

Transliteration

karṇaṃ dvādaśabhir avindhyā vṛṣasenaṃ tribhiḥ śaraiḥ

Translation

قال سانجيا: أصاب أفيندھيا كارنا باثني عشر سهماً، وأصاب ڤرشسينا بثلاثة سهام.

Word by Word

• कर्णः: Karna
• कर्णः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्ण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• द्वादशभिः: with twelve
• द्वादशभिः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वादशन्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• अविध्यत्: pierced
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्यध्
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• वृषसेनम्: Vrishasena
• वृषसेनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृषसेन
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• त्रिभिः: with three
• त्रिभिः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रि
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• शरैः: arrows
• शरैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Avindhya
• Karna
• Vṛṣasena
• arrows (śara)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the kṣatriya ethos of steadfastness under attack and the grim moral weight of war, where skill and resolve operate within a larger tragedy that can set kin against kin.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya narrates that the warrior Avindhya shoots Karṇa with twelve arrows and also wounds Vṛṣasena with three arrows during the ongoing battle.