Shloka 35

कर्णस्य सेनापत्याभिषेकः | Karṇa’s Consecration as Commander-in-Chief

Devanagari script

श्रेणिमांश्न महाराज युध्यमान: पराक्रमी | कृत्वा नसुकरं कर्म गतो वैवस्वतक्षयम्‌,महाराज! पराक्रमपूर्वक युद्ध करनेवाले श्रेणिमानने युद्धमें दुष्कर कर्म करके यमलोकके मार्गका आश्रय लिया है

Transliteration

śreṇimān sma mahārāja yudhyamānaḥ parākramī | kṛtvā na sukaraṃ karma gato vaivasvatakṣayam, mahārāja |

Translation

Sañjaya dijo: ¡Oh, gran rey! El valeroso Śreṇimān, combatiendo con heroico brío, realizó en la batalla una hazaña difícil de lograr y luego partió a la morada de Vaivasvata (Yama). El informe subraya la sombría economía moral de la guerra: aun el logro valiente en el campo culmina en la muerte, recordando que la gloria marcial es inseparable de la mortalidad y de las consecuencias del deber violento.

Word by Word

śreṇimānpossessing a troop/array (in ranks)

caand

mahārājaO great king

yudhyamānaḥfighting

parākramīvaliant, mighty

kṛtvāhaving done

nanot

sukaraṃeasy (to do)

karmadeed, act

gataḥgone, departed

vaiindeed

vaivasvata-kṣayamthe abode of Vaivasvata (Yama), i.e., death/realm of Yama

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Dhṛtarāṣṭra

Śreṇimān

Vaivasvata (Yama)

Vaivasvata-kṣaya (Yama’s abode)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the tragic certainty that even the most valorous warrior, after accomplishing difficult feats, ultimately meets death; battlefield achievement does not exempt one from mortality and its moral consequences.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya informs Dhṛtarāṣṭra that the warrior Śreṇimān fought bravely, carried out a formidable act in the combat, and was then slain—described as departing to Yama’s realm (vaivasvata-kṣaya).