Shloka 14

Droṇa-parva Adhyāya 2: Karṇa’s lament, vow, and battle preparation after Bhīṣma’s fall

Devanagari script

समाहितं चात्मनि भारमीदृशं जगत्‌ तथानित्यमिदं च लक्षये । निपातितं चाहवशौण्डमाहवे कथं नु कुर्यामहमीदृशे भयम्‌,“मैंने यह भार अपने ऊपर ले लिया। जब मैं यह देखता हूँ कि सारा जगत्‌ अनित्य है तथा युद्धकुशल भीष्म भी युद्धमें मारे गये हैं, तब ऐसे अवसरपर मैं भय किस लिये करूँ?

Translation

“I have taken upon myself a burden such as this. When I see that the whole world is impermanent, and that even Bhīṣma—skilled in war—has been struck down in battle, why should I feel fear at such a time?”

Word by Word

समाहितम्placed/settled (upon oneself)

चand

आत्मनिin/on myself

भारम्burden

ईदृशम्such, of this kind

जगत्the world

तथाthus, likewise

अनित्यम्impermanent

इदम्this

चand

लक्षयेI observe/notice

निपातितम्felled, caused to fall (slain)

चand

आहवशौण्डम्a battle-expert/war-seasoned (one)

आहवेin battle

कथम्how?

नुindeed/then (emphatic particle)

कुर्याम्should I do/make

अहम्I

ईदृशेin such (a situation)

भयम्fear

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes