Shloka 68

Devanagari script

स चोदित: सर्वयत्नेन कर्णो मुमोच बाणान्‌ सुबहूनभीक्षणम्‌

Transliteration

sa coditaḥ sarvayatnena karṇo mumoca bāṇān subahūn abhīkṣṇam

Translation

Dijo Sañjaya: Así instigado, Karṇa, esforzándose con todo empeño, soltó una y otra vez una inmensa multitud de flechas, apremiando el ataque sin pausa en el fragor de la batalla.

Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• चोदितः: urged/impelled
• चोदितः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चुद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, Past passive participle (क्त), Passive (sense)

• सर्वयत्नेन: with all effort; with utmost exertion
• सर्वयत्नेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्वयत्न
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• कर्णः: Karna
• कर्णः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्ण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मुमोच: released; discharged
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच्
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• बाणान्: arrows
• बाणान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाण
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• सुबहून्: very many
• सुबहून्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुबहु
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• अभीक्षणम्: repeatedly; incessantly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अभीक्षणम्
• Form: Adverb

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Karṇa
• arrows (bāṇa)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights relentless exertion once a warrior is urged into action: in war, resolve and sustained effort amplify violence and its consequences, reminding the listener that incitement and unchecked momentum intensify conflict.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Sañjaya’s report of the battlefield, Karṇa—having been prompted—strains with full effort and repeatedly showers the enemy with a continuous volley of many arrows.