Shloka 10

Devanagari script

संजय उवाच तथा तु नर्दमानं तं भीमसेनं महाबलम्‌ । तुमुलेनैव शब्देन कर्णोउप्यभ्यद्रवदू बली,संजयने कहा--राजन्‌! इस प्रकार गरजते हुए महाबली भीमसेनपर बलवान कर्णने भयंकर सिंहनादके साथ आक्रमण किया

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca tathā tu nardamānaṃ taṃ bhīmasenaṃ mahābalam | tumulenaiva śabdena karṇo 'py abhyadravad balī ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “O King, as Bhīmasena, mighty in strength, roared in challenge, the powerful Karṇa too rushed at him, raising a dreadful, tumultuous battle-cry.”

Word by Word

संजयःSanjaya

उवाचsaid

तथाthus, in that manner

तुbut, indeed

नर्दमानम्roaring

तम्that (him)

भीमसेनम्Bhimasena

महाबलम्very strong, mighty

तुमुलेनwith a tumultuous (sound)

एवindeed, just

शब्देनwith a sound/roar

कर्णःKarna

अपिalso, even

अभ्यद्रवत्ran towards, charged at

बलीthe strong one

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Bhīmasena (Bhīma)

Karṇa

King Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied addressee: rājan)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse reflects the kṣatriya ethos where a warrior answers a challenge without retreat; it underscores how pride, valor, and duty can propel combatants into escalating confrontation, raising the ethical tension between righteous duty and destructive fury.

What is happening in the narrative?

As Bhīma roars on the battlefield, Karṇa responds with a thunderous cry and charges directly at him, signaling the start or intensification of their clash within the larger war scene narrated by Sañjaya to Dhṛtarāṣṭra.