Shloka 37

Devanagari script

अद्य कर्णस्य चक्राज़: क्रव्यादाश्व॒ पृथग्विधा:

Transliteration

adya karṇasya cakrāś ca kravyādāśva pṛthagvidhāḥ

Translation

সঞ্জয় বললেন—আজ রণক্ষেত্রে কর্ণের চক্রাস্ত্র এবং নানা প্রকার মাংসভোজী জীব প্রকাশিত হয়েছে।

Word by Word

अद्यtoday / now

कर्णस्यof Karna

चक्राःwheels/discus (chakras)

क्रव्यादाःflesh-eaters (carnivores/demons)

चand

अश्वाःhorses

पृथग्विधाःof various kinds

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Karṇa

cakra (disc-like weapon/implement)

kravyāda (flesh-eating scavengers)

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 underscores the grim moral atmosphere of war: when righteous restraint collapses, the battlefield naturally fills with instruments of killing and the scavengers that follow. It functions as a reminder of war’s ethical cost and the inevitability of suffering once violence is unleashed.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya, reporting to Dhṛtarāṣṭra, describes the battlefield scene around Karṇa’s fighting—evoking Karṇa’s weapons and the presence of carrion-eaters of many kinds, a conventional Mahābhārata motif signaling heavy slaughter and ominous momentum in the battle.