Shloka 76

Devanagari script

शरै: शरीरे बहुभि: समर्पिति- विभाति कर्ण: समरे विशाम्पते । महीरुहैराचितसानुकन्दरो यथा गिरीन्द्र: स्फुटकर्णिकारवान्‌

Transliteration

śaraiḥ śarīre bahubhiḥ samarpito vibhāti karṇaḥ samare viśāmpate | mahīruhair ācita-sānukandaro yathā girīndraḥ sphuṭa-karṇikāravān ||

Translation

হে নৰনাথ! বহু শৰ দেহত বিদ্ধ হৈও কৰ্ণ সমৰত দীপ্তিমান। তেওঁ যেন পৰ্বতৰাজ—যাৰ ঢাল আৰু কন্দৰ মহাবৃক্ষৰে ভৰা, আৰু ফুটি উঠা কৰ্ণিকাৰ ফুলে উজ্জ্বল।

Word by Word

शरैःwith arrows

शरीरेin (his) body

बहुभिःby many

समर्पितःpierced/filled (lit. made to be placed/impelled into)

विभातिshines/appears splendid

कर्णःKarna

समरेin battle

विशाम्of the people/subjects

पतेO lord

महीरुहैःwith trees (lit. earth-growers)

आचितheaped/covered

सानुridge/summit-plateau

कन्दरःhaving caves/gorges

यथाas/like

गिरीन्द्रःking of mountains (great mountain)

स्फुटbright/clearly visible

कर्णिकारवान्possessing karnikāra trees/flowers

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Karna

Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied by viśāmpate)

arrows (śara)

mountain (girīndra)

trees (mahīruha)

karṇikāra tree/flowers (karṇikāra)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights steadfastness and martial resolve: even when afflicted by pain and injury, a warrior may retain composure and radiance of purpose. It also subtly points to the tragic grandeur of war—beauty and splendor are described through images that arise from violence and suffering.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that Karṇa, though riddled with many arrows in the ongoing battle, still appears splendid. He is compared to a great mountain whose slopes and ravines are densely filled with trees and bright karṇikāra blossoms.