Shloka 446

Devanagari script

घटोत्कचमतिक्रम्य बिभेद दशभि: शरै: । इससे शीघ्रतापूर्वक हाथ चलानेवाला प्रतापी वीर सूतपुत्र कर्ण अत्यन्त कुपित हो उठा। उसने घटोत्कचका उल्लंघन करके उसे दस बाणोंसे घायल कर दिया

Transliteration

ghaṭotkacam atikramya bibheda daśabhiḥ śaraiḥ |

Translation

Sañjaya sprach: An Ghaṭotkaca vorbeidrängend, durchbohrte Karṇa ihn mit zehn Pfeilen. In der Hitze der Schlacht loderte der Sohn des Wagenlenkers—schnell von der Hand und gewaltig—vor Zorn auf; er drängte an Ghaṭotkaca vorbei und verwundete ihn mit zehn Geschossen.

Word by Word

घटोत्कचम्Ghaṭotkaca

अतिक्रम्यhaving overstepped/passed beyond

बिभेदpierced/split

दशभिःwith ten

शरैःarrows

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Ghaṭotkaca

Karṇa

arrows (śara)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how krodha (anger) intensifies destructive action in war: even a celebrated warrior’s prowess, when driven by rage, becomes a sharper instrument of harm—raising ethical reflection on self-mastery amid duty.

What is happening in the narrative?

During the battle, Karṇa forces his way past Ghaṭotkaca and wounds him by shooting ten arrows; Sañjaya reports this to Dhṛtarāṣṭra as part of the escalating night-fight involving Ghaṭotkaca.