Shloka 73

कर्णपर्व — अध्याय ५९

Arjuna Breaks the Encirclement; Bhīma Reinforces

Devanagari script

सुभृशं च पराक्रान्ता: पञज्चालानां निवारणे

Transliteration

subhṛśaṃ ca parākrāntāḥ pañcālānāṃ nivāraṇe

Translation

Sañjaya sprach: „Mit äußerster Kraft und Tapferkeit setzten sie alles daran, die Pāñcālas aufzuhalten — bemüht, ihren Vormarsch im Gedränge der Schlacht zu hemmen.“

Word by Word

• सुभृशम्: exceedingly, very much
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सुभृश
• Form: Avyaya (indeclinable adverb)

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च
• Form: Avyaya (indeclinable conjunction)

• पराक्रान्ताः: having advanced/attacked; having exerted themselves
• पराक्रान्ताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पराक्रान्त
• Form: Masculine, nominative, plural (past passive participle used adjectivally)

• पाञ्चालानाम्: of the Pāñcālas
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाञ्चाल
• Form: Masculine, genitive, plural

• निवारणे: in the checking/repelling; in the prevention
• निवारणे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: निवारण
• Form: Neuter, locative, singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Pañcālas

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The line highlights disciplined valor: strength is directed toward a concrete aim—restraining an opposing force—showing how martial energy in war is framed as purposeful action rather than mere aggression.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that the warriors on one side made an intense, forceful effort to check the Pañcālas, indicating a tactical moment where the Pañcāla advance is being resisted or held back in battle.