Shloka 34

कर्णपर्व — चतुर्दशोऽध्यायः

Arjuna’s Suppression of the Saṃśaptakas; Kṛṣṇa’s Strategic Admonition; Battlefield Inventory

Devanagari script

अद्भुतं चाप्यचिन्त्यं च दृष्टवा कर्म तयो रणे । सिद्धचारणसंघानां विस्मय: समपद्यत,रणभूमिमें उन दोनोंके अद्भुत एवं अचिन्त्य कर्मको देखकर सिद्धों और चारणोंके समूहोंको बड़ा विस्मय हो रहा था

Transliteration

adbhutaṃ cāpy acintyaṃ ca dṛṣṭvā karma tayo raṇe | siddhacāraṇasaṅghānāṃ vismayaḥ samapadyata ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “Seeing the wondrous and almost inconceivable feats performed by those two in the battle, the assembled hosts of Siddhas and Cāraṇas were seized with astonishment. The scene on the battlefield made even the celestial witnesses marvel at the extraordinary power and resolve on display.”

Word by Word

अद्भुतम्wonderful, marvelous

चand

अपिalso, even

अचिन्त्यम्unthinkable, inconceivable

चand

दृष्ट्वाhaving seen

कर्मdeed, action

तयोःof those two

रणेin battle

सिद्धचारणसंघानाम्of the groups of Siddhas and Cāraṇas

विस्मयःastonishment

समपद्यतarose, came about

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Siddhas

Cāraṇas

battlefield (raṇa-bhūmi)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes