Shloka 15

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

Devanagari script

सामुद्रश्चित्रसेनश्व सह पुत्रेण भारत

Transliteration

sāmudraś citrasenaś ca saha putreṇa bhārata

Translation

Sañjaya dit : «Ô Bhārata, Sāmudra et Citrasena aussi—avec son fils—(étaient là / s’avancèrent dans la bataille).»

Word by Word

• सामुद्रः: Samudra (name/epithet: 'ocean-born' or 'of the sea')
• सामुद्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सामुद्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• चित्रसेनः: Chitrasena (proper name; lit. 'having a splendid army')
• चित्रसेनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: चित्रसेन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• सह: together with
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह

• पुत्रेण: with (his) son
• पुत्रेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• भारत: O Bharata (descendant of Bharata)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Bhārata (Dhṛtarāṣṭra)
• Sāmudra
• Citrasena
• putra (son of the referenced person)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores how war draws not only individual warriors but also their families and successors into the conflict, highlighting the ethical weight of decisions that entangle entire lineages.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya is reporting battlefield movements to Dhṛtarāṣṭra, listing named fighters—Sāmudra and Citrasena—and noting that one of them is accompanied by his son, as part of the ongoing combat description in Karṇa Parva.