Shloka 453

Devanagari script

सृजन्तं सायकान्‌ क्रुद्धं कर्णमाहवशोभिनम्‌ | उन सभी वीरोंने रथ-मार्गसे आकर युद्धभूमिमें शोभा पाने तथा कुपित होकर बाणोंकी वर्षा करनेवाले नरश्रेष्ठ कर्णको चारों ओरसे घेर लिया

Transliteration

sṛjantaṃ sāyakān kruddhaṃ karṇam āhavaśobhinam |

Translation

Sañjaya dit : Les guerriers, s’avançant par les voies des chars, encerclèrent Karṇa de toutes parts—Karṇa, le plus éminent des hommes, flamboyant de colère et parant le champ de bataille tandis qu’il déversait des volées de flèches.

Word by Word

• सृजन्तम्: hurling/creating (sending forth)
• सृजन्तम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: सृज्
• Form: शतृ (वर्तमान कृदन्त), परस्मैपद-कर्तरि, पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• सायकान्: arrows
• सायकान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सायक
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• क्रुद्धम्: angry
• क्रुद्धम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्रुद्ध
• Form: कृध्/क्रुध् (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• कर्णम्: Karna
• कर्णम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्ण
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• आहवशोभिनम्: splendid/adorning in battle
• आहवशोभिनम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आहव-शोभिन्
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Karṇa
• sāyaka (arrows)
• āhava (battlefield)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights a recurring epic ethic: unchecked wrath and conspicuous dominance in battle invite collective resistance. Martial excellence is admired, yet it also concentrates opposition, testing a warrior’s steadiness, judgment, and adherence to kṣatriya-dharma under pressure.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya narrates that multiple warriors converge via the chariot-paths and encircle Karṇa, who is angrily releasing torrents of arrows and standing out as a brilliant figure on the battlefield.