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Shloka 26

मध्यं गत इवादित्यो यो न शक्यो निरीक्षितुम्‌,पुरुषसिंह! तुम्हारे महामनस्वी श्रेष्ठ योद्धा दोपहरके तपते हुए सूर्यकी भाँति कर्णकी ओर देख भी नहीं सकते। जैसे शरद्‌-ऋतुके निर्मल आकाशमें सूर्य अपनी सहस्रों किरणें बिखेरता है, उसी प्रकार कर्ण युद्धमें अपने बाणोंका जाल-सा बिछा देता है

madhyaṃ gata ivādityo yo na śakyo nirīkṣitum | puruṣasiṃha! tumhāre mahāmanasvī śreṣṭha yoddhā dopaharake tapate hue sūryakī bhānti karṇakī ora dekh bhī nahīṃ sakate | yathā śarad-ṛtuke nirmala ākāśameṃ sūrya apanī sahasroṃ kiraṇeṃ bikheratā hai, tathā karṇa yuddhameṃ apane bāṇoṃkā jāla-sā bichā detā hai ||

قال فايُو: «كالشمس القائمة في كبد السماء عند الظهيرة—لا تُطاق مُواجهتها بالنظر—كذلك كَرْنَة. يا أسدَ الرجال، حتى أرفعُ محاربيك نفسًا وأشرفُهم لا يثبتون أبصارهم نحوه، كما لا يثبت أحدٌ نظره إلى شمس الظهيرة المتقدة. وكما تنثر الشمس في صفاء سماء الخريف أشعتها التي لا تُحصى، كذلك ينشر كَرْنَة في ساحة القتال شبكةً من السهام كأنها نسيجٌ ممتد.»

मध्यम्the middle (position)
मध्यम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootमध्य
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
गतःgone/reached
गतः:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootगम्
Formक्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular
इवas/like
इव:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
आदित्यःthe Sun
आदित्यः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootआदित्य
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
यःwho/which
यः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
not
:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Root
शक्यःpossible/able (to be)
शक्यः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootशक्य
Formयत् (potential/gerundive), Masculine, Nominative, Singular
निरीक्षितुम्to look at/observe
निरीक्षितुम्:
Karma
TypeVerb
Rootनि-ईक्ष्
Formतुमुन् (infinitive), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral)
पुरुषसिंहO lion among men
पुरुषसिंह:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootपुरुषसिंह
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular

श्रीवायुदेव उवाच

V
Vāyu (Vāyudeva)
K
Karṇa
Ā
Āditya (the Sun)
P
puruṣasiṃha (addressed hero)

Educational Q&A

The verse highlights how extraordinary power on the battlefield can inspire awe and fear, using the ethical lens of kṣatriya warfare: prowess must be recognized realistically, and opponents must not underestimate a warrior whose strength overwhelms ordinary perception—like the midday sun.

Vāyudeva is describing Karṇa’s terrifying dominance in battle. He compares Karṇa to the noon sun that cannot be stared at, and to the autumn sun scattering rays—likening those rays to Karṇa’s dense volleys of arrows that spread across the battlefield like a net.