Shloka 27

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

Devanagari script

सुचित्रश्नित्रवर्मा च पितापुत्रो महारथौ

Transliteration

sucitraśnitravarmā ca pitāputro mahārathau

Translation

Sañjaya sprach: „Auch Sucitra und Mitravarmā—Vater und Sohn—beide große Wagenkämpfer (mahāratha).“ Die Zeile setzt den Katalog des Schlachtfeldes fort und zeigt, wie ganze Geschlechter in den Krieg hineingezogen werden, wo ererbte Loyalitäten und Kriegerpflicht Familien an dieselbe gefährliche Sache binden.

Word by Word

• सुचित्रश्नित्रवर्मा: Suchitrashnitravarmā (a proper name)
• सुचित्रश्नित्रवर्मा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुचित्रश्नित्रवर्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• पितापुत्रौ: father and son
• पितापुत्रौ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ + पुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• महारथौ: two great chariot-warriors
• महारथौ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महारथ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sucitraśnitravarmā
• father and son (unnamed pair)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even when war is framed as duty, it consumes whole families; the verse highlights how lineage and obligation can pull both father and son into the same destructive arena, raising ethical reflection on inherited loyalties and the cost of conflict.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya is listing notable fighters on the battlefield; here he mentions Sucitraśnitravarmā and indicates that a father-and-son pair are present, both counted among the great chariot-warriors.