Shloka 33

कर्णनिधनश्रवणम् — Hearing of Karṇa’s Fall and Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Lament

Devanagari script

उभौ कलिड्गवृषकौ भ्रातरौ युद्धदुर्मदौ । कृत्वा चासुकरं कर्म गतौ वैवस्वतक्षयम्‌

Transliteration

ubhau kaliṅgavṛṣakau bhrātarau yuddha-durmadau | kṛtvā cāsukaraṃ karma gatau vaivasvata-kṣayam ||

Translation

Sañjaya sprach: Beide Brüder, Kaliṅga und Vṛṣaka—vom Rausch der Schlacht übermütig geworden—vollbrachten eine schwer zu vollbringende Tat und gingen dann in die Wohnstatt des Vaivasvata (Yama), das heißt, sie fanden den Tod.

Word by Word

उभौboth

कलिङ्गवृषकौthe two (heroes) named Kalinga and Vṛṣaka

भ्रातरौtwo brothers

युद्धदुर्मदौmad with battle / battle-intoxicated

कृत्वाhaving done

चand

असुकरम्very difficult

कर्मdeed, act

गतौwent, departed (having gone)

वैवस्वतक्षयम्the abode/realm of Vaivasvata (Yama), i.e., death

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Kaliṅga

Vṛṣaka

Vaivasvata (Yama)

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?

Even extraordinary martial deeds do not transcend mortality; when valor is mixed with battle-intoxication (yuddha-durmada), it still ends in death and accountability under the cosmic order symbolized by Vaivasvata (Yama).

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that the two brothers, Kaliṅga and Vṛṣaka, carried out a difficult feat in the fighting and were then slain—described poetically as departing to Yama’s abode.