Shloka 48

अर्जुनस्य शीघ्रप्रयाणं भीम-शकुनियुद्धं च

Arjuna’s Rapid Advance and the Bhīma–Śakuni Encounter

Devanagari script

जिष्णुं च जिष्णुकर्माणं देवापिं भद्रमेव च

Transliteration

jiṣṇuṃ ca jiṣṇukarmāṇaṃ devāpiṃ bhadrameva ca | nijaghāna susaṃkruddhaś cedīnāṃ ca mahārathān ||

Translation

সঞ্জয় বললেন—তখন ক্রোধে দগ্ধ কর্ণ জিষ্ণু, জিষ্ণুকর্মা, দেবাপি ও ভদ্রকে, এবং চেদি দেশের অন্যান্য মহারথীদেরও নিধন করল।

Word by Word

• जिष्णुम्: Jishnu (a warrior named Jishnu)
• जिष्णुम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: जिष्णु
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• जिष्णुकर्माणम्: Jishnukarman (one whose deeds are 'jishnu'/victorious; proper name)
• जिष्णुकर्माणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: जिष्णुकर्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• देवापिम्: Devapi (proper name)
• देवापिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवापि
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• भद्रम्: Bhadra (proper name)
• भद्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भद्र
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• निजघान: slew/struck down
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• सुसंक्रुद्धः: highly enraged
• सुसंक्रुद्धः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुसंक्रुद्ध
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• चेदीनाम्: of the Cedis
• Type: Noun
• Root: चेदी
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• महारथान्: great chariot-warriors
• महारथान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: महारथ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Karṇa
• Jiṣṇu
• Jiṣṇukarmā
• Devāpi
• Bhadrā
• Cedi (Cedi-deśa / Cedis)
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied by 'rājan')

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how krodha (anger) intensifies violence and accelerates destruction in war. Even within kṣatriya-dharma, the epic repeatedly signals that wrath narrows judgment and multiplies suffering, making victory morally costly.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to the king that Karṇa, in a surge of rage, kills several named warriors—identified as mahārathas associated with the Cedi side—showing Karṇa’s lethal momentum on the battlefield at this stage of the war.