Shloka 48

Devanagari script

जिष्णुं च जिष्णुकर्माणं देवापिं भद्रमेव च,निजघान सुसंक्रुद्धश्षेदीनां च महारथान्‌ । राजन! तत्पश्चात्‌ क्रोधमें भरे हुए कर्णने समरांगणमें जिष्णु, जिष्णुकर्मा, देवापि, भद्र, दण्ड, चित्र, चित्रायुध, हरि, सिंहकेतु, रोचमान तथा महारथी शलभ--इन चेदिदेशीय महारथियोंका संहार कर डाला

Transliteration

jiṣṇuṃ ca jiṣṇukarmāṇaṃ devāpiṃ bhadrameva ca | nijaghāna susaṃkruddhaś cedīnāṃ ca mahārathān ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “Then Karṇa, inflamed with fierce wrath, struck down Jiṣṇu, Jiṣṇukarmā, Devāpi, and Bhadrā, along with other great chariot-warriors of the Cedi land.”

Word by Word

जिष्णुम्Jishnu (a warrior named Jishnu)

चand

जिष्णुकर्माणम्Jishnukarman (one whose deeds are 'jishnu'/victorious; proper name)

देवापिम्Devapi (proper name)

भद्रम्Bhadra (proper name)

एवindeed/just

चand

निजघानslew/struck down

सुसंक्रुद्धःhighly enraged

चेदीनाम्of the Cedis

चand

महारथान्great chariot-warriors

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Karṇa

Jiṣṇu

Jiṣṇukarmā

Devāpi

Bhadrā

Cedi (Cedi-deśa / Cedis)

Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied by 'rājan')

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how krodha (anger) intensifies violence and accelerates destruction in war. Even within kṣatriya-dharma, the epic repeatedly signals that wrath narrows judgment and multiplies suffering, making victory morally costly.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to the king that Karṇa, in a surge of rage, kills several named warriors—identified as mahārathas associated with the Cedi side—showing Karṇa’s lethal momentum on the battlefield at this stage of the war.