Shloka 25

कर्णस्य सेनापत्याभिषेकः | Karṇa’s Consecration as Commander-in-Chief

Devanagari script

मित्रवर्मा च पाउ्चाल्य: क्षत्रधर्मा च भारत

Transliteration

mitravarmā ca pāuñcālyaḥ kṣatradharmā ca bhārata

Translation

Sañjaya sprach: „Mitravarmā, der Pāñcāla-Krieger, und auch Kṣatradharmā—o Bhārata—(waren dort).“ Die Zeile setzt die Namensrolle des Schlachtfeldes fort und betont die genannten Kṣatriyas, deren Identität an die Kriegerpflicht (kṣatra-dharma) im sich entfaltenden Krieg gebunden ist.

Word by Word

• मित्रवर्मा: Mitravarmā (a proper name)
• मित्रवर्मा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मित्रवर्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• पाञ्चाल्यः: the Pāñcālya (man from Pañcāla)
• पाञ्चाल्यः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाञ्चाल्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• क्षत्रधर्मा: one whose dharma is that of a kṣatriya / kṣatriya-duty
• क्षत्रधर्मा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षत्रधर्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• भारत: O Bhārata
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra (addressed as Bhārata)
• Mitravarmā
• Pāñcāla (people/region)
• Kṣatradharmā

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores kṣatriya identity through naming: warriors are remembered as bearers of martial duty (kṣatra-dharma). In the epic’s ethical frame, such catalogues highlight how personal fame, lineage, and obligation converge in war, even as the larger narrative questions the cost of that duty.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya is reporting to Dhṛtarāṣṭra, listing warriors present/engaged in the battle during the Karṇa Parva. This line names Mitravarmā, a Pāñcāla warrior, and Kṣatradharmā, continuing the enumeration of combatants.