Shloka 27
त्वदीयै: पुरुषव्यात्र योधमुख्यैर्महात्मभि: । शरजालसहसांशु: शरदीव दिवाकर:,पुरुषसिंह! तुम्हारे महामनस्वी श्रेष्ठ योद्धा दोपहरके तपते हुए सूर्यकी भाँति कर्णकी ओर देख भी नहीं सकते। जैसे शरद्-ऋतुके निर्मल आकाशमें सूर्य अपनी सहस्रों किरणें बिखेरता है, उसी प्रकार कर्ण युद्धमें अपने बाणोंका जाल-सा बिछा देता है
tvadīyaiḥ puruṣavyāghra yodhamukhyair mahātmabhiḥ | śarajālasahasrāṃśuḥ śaradīva divākaraḥ ||
Vāyu said: “O tiger among men, your foremost warriors—great-souled as they are—cannot even fix their gaze upon Karṇa. Like the sun in the clear autumn sky scattering its thousand rays, so does Karṇa in battle spread out a net-like shower of arrows.”
श्रीवायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how extraordinary prowess can create moral and psychological pressure in war: even noble warriors may falter before overwhelming skill. It also uses the autumn-sun image to suggest clarity and irresistible force—power that compels others to acknowledge reality rather than pride.
Vāyudeva addresses a heroic listener (implied by the epithet ‘puruṣavyāghra’) and describes Karṇa’s dominance on the battlefield: Karṇa releases such a dense, radiant barrage of arrows that the opposing champions cannot even look toward him, likened to the sun spreading its rays in the clear autumn sky.