Shloka 37

Devanagari script

अद्य त्वामनुपश्यामि कर्ण हत्वा महीपते | सभाजयितुमाक्रन्दादिति सत्यं ब्रवीमि ते,भूपाल! आज मैं कर्णको मारकर ही आपका दर्शन करूँगा और युद्धस्थलसे आपका अभिनन्दन करनेके लिये आऊँगा। यह मैं आपसे सत्य कहता हूँ

Transliteration

adya tvām anupaśyāmi karṇa hatvā mahīpate | sabhājayitum ākrandād iti satyaṁ bravīmi te ||

Translation

Arjuna sprach: „O König, heute werde ich erst dann vor dich treten, wenn ich Karṇa erschlagen habe. Dann werde ich aus dem Getöse des Schlachtfeldes zu dir kommen, um dir die Ehre zu erweisen. Dies sage ich dir in Wahrheit.“

Word by Word

अद्यtoday

त्वाम्you

अनुपश्यामिI will see / I behold

कर्णO Karna

हत्वाhaving slain

महीपतेO lord of the earth (king)

सभाजयितुम्to honor / to pay respects

आक्रन्दात्from the battle-cry / from the tumult

इतिthus (quotative)

सत्यम्truth

ब्रवीमिI say

तेto you

भूपालO king / protector of the earth

Speaker

अजुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Arjuna

Karna

Mahīpati/Bhūpāla (the king addressed)

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 foregrounds satya (truthfulness) and kṣatriya-duty: Arjuna binds himself by a truthful vow that his meeting and honoring of the king will occur only after fulfilling the battlefield obligation of defeating Karṇa.

What is happening in the narrative?

Arjuna addresses a king (mahīpati/bhūpāla) and declares that he will present himself and offer homage only after killing Karṇa, emphasizing the immediacy (“today”) and the sincerity of his pledge amid the battle’s uproar.