Shloka 26

Karṇa–Sūrya Saṃvāda: Satya, Dāna, and the Amoghā Śakti (कर्ण–सूर्यसंवादः)

Devanagari script

प्रलम्बबाहूरुकरजड्घान्तरविलम्बिनाम्‌ | ऋक्षाणां धूम्रवर्णानां तिस््र: कोट्यो व्यवस्थिता:

Transliteration

pralambabāhūrukarajaḍghāntaravilambinām | ṛkṣāṇāṃ dhūmravarṇānāṃ tisraḥ koṭyo vyavasthitāḥ

Translation

সেখানে ধোঁৱা-ধূসৰ বৰ্ণৰ ঋক্ষসকলৰ তিন কোটি সৈন্য সজ্জিত হৈ আছিল—যিসকলৰ দীঘল বাহু বৃহৎ ঊৰু আৰু দৃঢ় জঙ্ঘাৰ মাজত ঝুলিছিল।

Word by Word

• प्रलम्बबाहूरुकरजड्घान्तरविलम्बिनाम्: of those (bears) whose long arms, thighs, hands and the inner parts of their legs hang down
• प्रलम्बबाहूरुकरजड्घान्तरविलम्बिनाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रलम्ब-बाहु-ऊरु-कर-जङ्घा-अन्तर-विलम्बिन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• ऋक्षाणाम्: of bears
• ऋक्षाणाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋक्ष
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• धूम्रवर्णानाम्: of smoke-grey color
• धूम्रवर्णानाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धूम्र-वर्ण
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• तिस्रः: three
• तिस्रः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रि
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• कोट्यः: crores (ten-millions)
• कोट्यः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोटि
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• व्यवस्थिताः: were stationed/arrayed
• व्यवस्थिताः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + अव + √स्था (स्था) → व्यवस्थित
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mārkaṇḍeya
• ṛkṣāḥ (bears)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse primarily serves vivid epic description rather than direct moral instruction; it underscores the Mahābhārata’s sense of scale and wonder, reminding the listener that the world contains forces and multitudes beyond ordinary human measure.

What is happening in the narrative?

Mārkaṇḍeya is describing a vast, organized host of bears—smoke-grey in color—emphasizing their formidable physique and the immense number (three crores) standing arrayed.