Shloka 55
स्रवद्वरणं गैरिकतोयविस्रवं गिरेयथा वज्हतं महाशिर: । देहाच्च कर्णस्य निपातितस्य तेज: सूर्य खं वितत्याविवेश
sravad-vraṇaṁ gairika-toya-visravaṁ gire yathā vajra-hataṁ mahā-śiraḥ | dehāc ca karṇasya nipātitasya tejaḥ sūrya-khaṁ vitatya āviveśa ||
পতিত কৰ্ণৰ দেহৰ ঘাঁৱৰ পৰা গেৰুৱা পানীৰ ধাৰাৰ দৰে ৰক্ত সৰিবলৈ ধৰিলে—যেন বজ্ৰাহত কোনো মহাপৰ্বতৰ বিশাল শিখৰ। আৰু ভূমিত নিপাতিত কৰ্ণৰ দেহৰ পৰা উঠা তেজ বিস্তৃত হৈ সূৰ্যভৰা আকাশত লীন হ’ল।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores the impermanence of embodied power: even the greatest warrior’s body falls, while his tejas—symbolic of valor and life-force—returns to the cosmic order. It frames battlefield death as a solemn consequence of kṣatriya duty and the harsh moral gravity of war.
Sañjaya describes Karṇa after he has been felled: blood pours from his wounds like red ochre-water from a mountain struck by lightning, and his radiance departs upward into the sunlit sky, marking his death with a grand natural simile.