Shloka 52

Devanagari script

तदस्य हत्वा विरराज कर्णो मुक्त्वा शरान्‌ मेघ इवाम्बुधारा: । समीक्ष्य कर्णेन किरीटिनस्तु तथा55जिमध्ये निहतं तदस्त्रम्‌

Transliteration

tadasya hatvā virarāja karṇo muktvā śarān megha ivāmbudhārāḥ | samīkṣya karṇena kirīṭinastu tathā yuddhamadhye nihataṃ tad astram ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: Having struck down that (weapon/measure) of his, Karṇa shone forth, releasing arrows like a cloud pouring down sheets of rain. Seeing that his own missile had thus been destroyed by Karṇa in the midst of battle, the diademed Arjuna stood confronted with Karṇa’s prowess. The scene underscores how martial brilliance and resolve can overturn even formidable stratagems, while the warriors remain bound to their chosen duties amid the moral weight of fratricidal war.

Word by Word

तत्that (weapon/thing)

अस्यof him

हत्वाhaving slain/destroyed

विरराजshone forth

कर्णःKarna

मुक्त्वाhaving released

शरान्arrows

मेघःa cloud

इवlike/as

अम्बुधाराःstreams of water (rain-showers)

समीक्ष्यhaving observed/seen

कर्णेनby Karna

किरीटिनःof the diadem-wearer (Arjuna)

तुbut/indeed

तथाthus/so

अजिमध्येin the midst of battle

निहतम्slain/destroyed

तत्that

अस्त्रम्weapon/missile

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sanjaya

Karna

Arjuna (Kirīṭin)

astra (weapon/missile)

śara (arrows)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes