Shloka 263

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

Devanagari script

लक्ष्मणेन हतो राजंस्तव पौत्रेण भारत । भरतवंशी नरेश! आपके पौजत्र लक्ष्मणने युद्धमें योद्धाओंके स्वामी क्षत्रदेवको, जो शिखण्डीका पुत्र था, मार डाला

Transliteration

lakṣmaṇena hato rājan tava pautreṇa bhārata |

Translation

Sañjaya sprach: „O König, o Spross der Bharatas: Dein Enkel Lakṣmaṇa hat in der Schlacht den Kriegerherrn Kṣatradeva, den Sohn Śikhaṇḍīs, erschlagen.“

Word by Word

• लक्ष्मणेन: by Lakshmana
• लक्ष्मणेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: लक्ष्मण
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• हतः: killed/slain
• हतः: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, kta (past passive participle)

• राजन्: O king
• राजन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• तव: of you/your
• तव: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• पौत्रेण: by (your) grandson
• पौत्रेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पौत्र
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

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

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Lakṣmaṇa (son of Duryodhana)
• Kṣatradeva

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the ethical weight of kṣatriya warfare: victory and lineage-glory come intertwined with killing, and even heirs are drawn into acts that deepen the tragedy of the conflict.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that Lakṣmaṇa, Duryodhana’s son and thus the king’s grandson, has killed the warrior Kṣatradeva in the ongoing battle.