Shloka 14

Devanagari script

अद्य दृष्टवा मया कर्ण शरैविशकलीकृतम्‌ । स्मरतां तव वाक्यानि शमं प्रति जनेश्वर:,“आज मेरे बाणोंसे कर्णके शरीरको टूक-टूक हुआ देखकर राजा दुर्योधन सन्धिके लिये कहे हुए आपके वचनोंका स्मरण करे

Transliteration

adya dṛṣṭvā mayā karṇa śaraiḥ śakalīkṛtam | smaratāṃ tava vākyāni śamaṃ prati janeśvaraḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya sprach: „Heute, da ich Karṇa von meinen Pfeilen in Stücke geschlagen sah, möge der Herr der Menschen (König Duryodhana) deiner Worte gedenken, die zum Frieden mahnten.“

Word by Word

• अद्य: today/now
• अद्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), active (parasmaipada sense)

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: common, instrumental, singular

• कर्ण: O Karna
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्ण
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• शरैः: with arrows
• शरैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर
• Form: masculine, instrumental, plural

• विशकलीकृतम्: cut into pieces / shattered
• विशकलीकृतम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विशकलीकृत
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular, क्त (past passive participle), कृ (with preverb वि-; denominal formation from शकली 'piece')

• स्मरताम्: let (him) remember
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्मृ
• Form: imperative, 3rd, singular, parasmaipada

• तव: of you/your
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: common, genitive, singular

• वाक्यानि: words/sayings
• वाक्यानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाक्य
• Form: neuter, accusative, plural

• शमम्: peace/appeasement
• Type: Noun
• Root: शम
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• प्रति: towards/with regard to
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति

• जनेश्वरः: the lord of men (king)
• जनेश्वरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनेश्वर
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sanjaya
• Karna
• Duryodhana
• arrows

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores the ethical weight of wise counsel: when the devastation of war becomes undeniable, the king is urged to remember earlier advice favoring peace (śama). It highlights how pride and obstinacy can make one ignore prudent words until suffering forces reflection.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports a battlefield moment: Karṇa is seen grievously struck—his body ‘fragmented’ by arrows. In that grim sight, Sañjaya expresses (or implies) a hope that Duryodhana, witnessing Karṇa’s ruin, will finally recall the counsel previously given to seek reconciliation.