Shloka 42

कृष्णोपदेशः, अर्जुनस्य क्षमा-याचनम्, कर्णवध-अनुज्ञा

Krishna’s Counsel, Arjuna’s Apology, and Authorization for Karṇa’s Slaying

Devanagari script

ततो मुहूर्ताद्‌ राजेन्द्र नातिकृच्छाद्धसन्निव । विरथं भीमकर्माणं भीम॑ कर्णशक्षकार ह,राजेन्द्र! फिर एक भल्लसे उनके सारथिको यमलोक भेज दिया और तुरंत ही एक बाणसे उनके धनुषको भी काटकर बिना विशेष कष्टके ही मुहूर्तभरमें हँसते हुए-से कर्णने भयंकर पराक्रमी भीमसेनको रथहीन कर दिया

Transliteration

tato muhūrtād rājendra nātikṛcchād hasann iva | virathaṃ bhīmakarmāṇaṃ bhīmaṃ karṇaḥ śastrakāra ha ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: Then, O king, within a short while—and with no great exertion, as though smiling—Karna rendered the mighty Bhīma, famed for terrible deeds, without a chariot.

Word by Word

ततःthen, thereafter

मुहूर्तात्from/after a short while (a muhūrta)

राजेन्द्रO king of kings

नnot

अतिकृच्छ्रात्from great difficulty; with excessive hardship

हसन्laughing

इवas if, like

विरथम्chariotless

भीमकर्माणम्of terrible deeds; mighty in action

भीमसेनम्Bhīmasena

कर्णःKarna

अशक्नोत्was able; managed

अकारयत्caused to be made/did (made him) chariotless

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Dhṛtarāṣṭra

Karna

Bhīma (Bhīmasena)

chariot

bow

charioteer

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes