Shloka 27

साम्ब-हरणम्, बलदेवस्य रोषः, हस्तिनापुर-आकर्षणम्

Devanagari script

कर्णं दुर्योधनं द्रोणम् अद्य भीष्मं सबाह्लिकम् दुःशासनादीन् भूरिं च भूरिश्रवसम् एव च

Transliteration

karṇaṃ duryodhanaṃ droṇam adya bhīṣmaṃ sabāhlikam duḥśāsanādīn bhūriṃ ca bhūriśravasam eva ca

Translation

“Today I shall strike down Karṇa, Duryodhana, and Droṇa; Bhīṣma too, along with Bāhlika; and Duḥśāsana and the rest—Bhūri, and Bhūriśravas as well.”

Word by Word

• कर्णम्: Karna
• कर्णम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; व्यक्तिनाम

• दुर्योधनम्: Duryodhana
• दुर्योधनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्योधन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; व्यक्तिनाम

• द्रोणम्: Droṇa
• द्रोणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रोण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; व्यक्तिनाम

• अद्य: today / now
• अद्य: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• भीष्मम्: Bhīṣma
• भीष्मम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीष्म (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; व्यक्तिनाम

• स-बाह्लिकम्: together with Bāhlika
• स-बाह्लिकम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + बाह्लिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; सहार्थक-समास (together with Bāhlika)

• दुःशासन-आदीन्: Duḥśāsana and others
• दुःशासन-आदीन्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुःशासन (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; (Duḥśāsana and others)

• भूरिम्: Bhūri
• भूरिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; व्यक्तिनाम (Bhūri)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• भूरिश्रवसम्: Bhūriśravas
• भूरिश्रवसम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूरिश्रवस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; व्यक्तिनाम

• एव: indeed / also
• एव: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle/emphasis)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

Speaker

Narrative voice within Sage Parāśara’s account to Maitreya (a martial vow/utterance attributed in the Mahābhārata milieu; presented here as part of the dynastic-war narration).

Characters & Entities

• Karṇa
• Duryodhana
• Droṇa
• Bhīṣma
• Bāhlika
• Duḥśāsana
• Bhūri
• Bhūriśravas

FAQs

What is the significance of listing these warriors in the Vishnu Purana?

The verse functions as a compressed war-catalog within the dynastic history, highlighting how major Kuru figures become instruments in the restoration of dharma through the conflict.

How does Sage Parāśara explain the Kurukṣetra events in the dynastic books?

Parāśara presents the war as the culmination of lineage history—naming principal actors to show the moral and political climax of the Kuru line rather than offering a full battlefield chronicle.

The theological importance of Lord Vishnu in this context?

Even when Vishnu is not named in the verse, the Purana frames such historical cataclysms as operating under divine order—where dharma is ultimately upheld within Vishnu’s sovereign governance of time and kingship.