Shloka 27

Devanagari script

दृष्टवा कर्ण तु संरब्धं ते वीरा: षड़थर्षभा: । पाज्चाल्यपुत्र त्वरिता: परिवत्रुर्जिघांसया,कर्णको क्रोधमें भरा हुआ देख उन छहों- श्रेष्ठ रथी वीरोंने पांचालराजकुमार धृष्टद्युम्नको मार डालनेकी इच्छासे तुरंत ही घेर लिया

Transliteration

dṛṣṭvā karṇaṃ tu saṃrabdhaṃ te vīrāḥ ṣaḍ ratharṣabhāḥ | pāñcālyaputraṃ tvaritāḥ parivavruḥ jighāṃsayā ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: Seeing Karṇa inflamed with wrath, those six heroic bull-like chariot-warriors swiftly surrounded the son of the Pāñcāla king, Dhṛṣṭadyumna, with the intent to slay him.

Word by Word

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), कर्तरि

• कर्णम्: Karna
• कर्णम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्ण
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

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

• संरब्धम्: enraged, agitated
• संरब्धम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संरब्ध
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle used adjectivally)

• ते: those (they)
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• वीराः: heroes/warriors
• वीराः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• षट्: six
• षट्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षष्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• रथर्षभाः: bulls among chariot-warriors (excellent charioteers)
• रथर्षभाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथर्षभ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• पाञ्चाल्यपुत्रम्: the son of the Panchala (king) (Dhrishtadyumna)
• पाञ्चाल्यपुत्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाञ्चाल्यपुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• त्वरिताः: hastened, quickly (having hurried)
• त्वरिताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्वरित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural, क्त (past passive participle used adjectivally)

• परिवव्रुः: they surrounded/encircled
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि + वृ (वृणोति/वृ)
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• जिघांसया: with the desire to kill
• जिघांसया: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: जिघांसया
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Karṇa
• Dhṛṣṭadyumna
• Pāñcāla

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how anger (krodha/saṃrambha) can rapidly mobilize collective violence and narrow moral vision. It implicitly warns that even in a dharmic framework of war, intention matters: the shift from duty to personal wrath and the desire to kill can erode restraint and ethical clarity.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that, seeing Karṇa furious, six elite chariot-warriors quickly encircle Dhṛṣṭadyumna, the Pāñcāla prince, aiming to kill him. The scene depicts a coordinated attempt to isolate and eliminate a key opponent amid the chaos of battle.