Shloka 33

Karṇa’s Counsel on Śrī

Fortune) and the Proposed Display before the Exiled Pāṇḍavas (कर्णवचनम् / श्रीप्रदर्शन-प्रस्तावः

Devanagari script

बिभेद स शरै: शैलं क्रौज्चं हिमवत: सुतम्‌ । तेन हंसाश्न गृध्राश्ष॒ मेरुं गच्छन्ति पर्वतम्‌

Transliteration

bibheda sa śaraiḥ śailaṁ krauñcaṁ himavataḥ sutam | tena haṁsāś ca gṛdhrāś ca meruṁ gacchanti parvatam ||

Translation

Mārkaṇḍeya dit : De ses flèches, il fendit la montagne Krauñca, fils d’Himavat. Par cette brèche, cygnes et vautours passent en route vers le mont Meru.

Word by Word

• बिभेद: split, pierced
• Type: Verb
• Root: भिद्
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

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

• शरैः: with arrows
• शरैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• शैलम्: mountain
• शैलम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शैल
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• क्रौञ्चम्: Krauñca (mountain)
• क्रौञ्चम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रौञ्च
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• हिमवतः: of Himavat (Himalaya)
• हिमवतः: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: हिमवत्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• सुतम्: son
• सुतम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुत
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• तेन: by that; through that
• तेन: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• हंसाः: swans
• हंसाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: हंस
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

• गृध्राः: vultures
• गृध्राः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृध्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• मेरुम्: Meru
• मेरुम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मेरु
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• गच्छन्ति: go
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: Present (लट्), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• पर्वतम्: mountain
• पर्वतम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वत
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mārkaṇḍeya
• Krauñca mountain
• Himavat (Himalaya personified)
• Meru mountain
• arrows (śara)
• swans (haṁsa)
• vultures (gṛdhra)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the far-reaching consequences of powerful actions: a single decisive deed can reshape the world’s pathways, benefiting (or affecting) many others who come after.

What is happening in the narrative?

Mārkaṇḍeya describes a feat in which a hero splits the Krauñca mountain with arrows; the resulting cleft becomes a route by which swans and vultures travel toward Mount Meru.