Shloka 203

कर्णभीमसेनयुद्धम् | Karṇa–Bhīmasena Engagement

Chapter 111

Devanagari script

हैडिम्बो भरतश्रेष्ठ शरैरविव्याध सप्तभि: । भरतश्रेष्ठ) उस युद्धस्थलमें कुपित हुए राक्षस अलम्बुषको क्रोधमें भरे हुए निशाचर घटोत्कचने सात बाणोंसे घायल कर दिया

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | haiḍimbo bharataśreṣṭha śarair avivyādha saptabhiḥ |

Translation

Sañjaya said: O best of the Bharatas, the Haiḍimba (Ghaṭotkaca) pierced and wounded Alambuṣa on the battlefield with seven arrows.

Word by Word

• हैडिम्बः: Haidiṃba (Ghaṭotkaca)
• हैडिम्बः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: हैडिम्ब
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भरतश्रेष्ठ: O best of the Bharatas
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरतश्रेष्ठ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• शरैः: with arrows
• शरैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• अविव्याध: pierced/wounded
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्यध्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• सप्तभिः: with seven
• सप्तभिः: Karana
• Type: Numeral/Adjective
• Root: सप्त
• Form: Masculine/Neuter (agreeing with शरैः), Instrumental, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied by address bharataśreṣṭha)
• Ghaṭotkaca (Haiḍimba)
• Alambuṣa
• arrows (śara)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how anger and retaliation drive escalation in war; even mighty warriors become instruments of destruction when wrath governs action, illustrating the ethical cost embedded in battlefield duty.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that Ghaṭotkaca (called Haiḍimba) strikes Alambuṣa on the battlefield, piercing him with seven arrows.