Shloka 14

Devanagari script

यज्ञसेनस्तु समरे कर्णपुत्रं महारथम्‌ । षष्ट्या शराणां विव्याध बाह्दवोरुगसि चानघ,निष्पाप नरेश! समरांगणमें राजा यज्ञसेन (द्रुपद)-ने महारथी कर्णपुत्र वृषसेनकी छाती और भुजाओंमें साठ बाण मारे

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | yajñasenas tu samare karṇaputraṁ mahāratham | ṣaṣṭyā śarāṇāṁ vivyādha bāhvor urasi cānagha niṣpāpa nareśa |

Translation

Sañjaya said: In the thick of battle, King Yajñasena (Drupada) struck Karṇa’s son, the great chariot-warrior, with sixty arrows, piercing his arms and chest. O blameless king, thus the combat intensified.

Word by Word

• यज्ञसेनः: Yajñasena (Drupada)
• यज्ञसेनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञसेन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• समरे: in battle
• समरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: समर
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• कर्णपुत्रम्: Karna's son (Vṛṣasena)
• कर्णपुत्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्णपुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• महारथम्: the great chariot-warrior
• महारथम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: महारथ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• षष्ट्या: with sixty
• षष्ट्या: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: षष्टि
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• शराणाम्: of arrows
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• विव्याध: pierced/wounded
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्यध्
• Form: Perfect, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• बाहु: in (his) two arms
• बाहु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाहु
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Dual

• उरुगसि: on the broad chest
• उरुगसि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: उरुगस
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

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

• अनघ: O sinless one
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनघ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• निष्पाप: O blameless one
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निष्पाप
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• नरेश: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: नरेश
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Yajñasena (Drupada)
• Karṇa
• Vṛṣasena
• arrows (śara)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the kṣatriya ethos of steadfastness and skill in battle: warriors meet opponents directly and decisively, and the narrator’s respectful address to the king frames the violence within the epic’s moral world of duty-bound conflict rather than personal cruelty.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that Drupada (Yajñasena) engages Karṇa’s son Vṛṣasena and wounds him with sixty arrows, striking his arms and chest during the ongoing fighting in the Droṇa Parva.