Shloka 203

कर्णभीमसमागमः | Karṇa–Bhīma Encounter

Devanagari script

असकृन्निर्जिता: संख्मे स्मयमानेन संयुगे । “इसके सिवा धृष्टद्यम्म आदि समस्त सूंजयोको भी इसने युद्धस्थलमें हँसते-हँसते अनेक बार परास्त किया है

Transliteration

asakṛn nirjitāḥ saṅkhye smayamānena saṃyuge |

Translation

Sañjaya sprach: In der Schlacht sind sie immer wieder besiegt worden; und mitten im heftigsten Kampf bezwang er sie—lächelnd, während er focht—wieder und wieder.

Word by Word

• असकृत्: repeatedly, many times
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: असकृत्
• Form: true

• निर्जिताः: defeated, conquered
• निर्जिताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर्जित
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• सङ्ख्ये: in battle
• सङ्ख्ये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सङ्ख्या
• Form: feminine, locative, singular

• स्मयमानेन: by (one) smiling / while smiling
• स्मयमानेन: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्मयमान
• Form: masculine, instrumental, singular

• संयुगे: in combat, in the encounter
• संयुगे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: संयुग
• Form: neuter, locative, singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how composure and confidence in crisis can become a decisive force: a warrior who remains steady—even smiling—can demoralize opponents, turning victory into a moral-psychological domination as well as a physical one.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that the opposing warriors have been routed repeatedly in battle, emphasizing that the victor fought with visible ease and confidence, defeating them multiple times during the ongoing war.