Shloka 25

Devanagari script

ततः कर्णो भृशं क्रुद्धो भीम॑ं नवभिरायसै:

Transliteration

tataḥ karṇo bhṛśaṃ kruddho bhīmaṃ navabhir āyasaiḥ

Translation

Sañjaya sprach: Darauf traf Karṇa, von wilder Wut entbrannt, Bhīma mit neun Geschossen mit eisernem Schaft—eine Tat, die den brutalen Schwung der Schlacht steigert, da Zorn die Krieger zu immer härteren Mitteln treibt und die Grenzen der Selbstbeherrschung im dharmischen Krieg erprobt.

Word by Word

ततःthen, thereafter

कर्णःKarna

भृशम्exceedingly, greatly

क्रुद्धःangered

भीमम्Bhima

नवभिःwith nine

आयसैःwith iron (ones), iron-made

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Karna

Bhima

iron missiles/weapons

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 highlights how anger (krodha) escalates violence and clouds discernment even in a dharma-framed battlefield; it implicitly warns that inner restraint is as crucial as martial skill, since wrath can push action beyond measured duty.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that Karṇa, overcome by intense anger, attacks Bhīma with nine iron weapons/missiles, marking a sharp intensification in their direct combat during the Kurukṣetra war.