Shloka 63

कर्णपर्व — अध्याय ५९

Arjuna Breaks the Encirclement; Bhīma Reinforces

Devanagari script

पीतरक्तासितसितास्ताराचन्द्रार्कमण्डिता:

Transliteration

pītaraktāsitasitās tārācandrārkamaṇḍitāḥ

Translation

સંજય બોલ્યો—તે પીળા, લાલ, કાળા અને સફેદ રંગોમાં દેખાયા—તારા, ચંદ્ર અને સૂર્યથી મંડિત।

Word by Word

• पीत-रक्त-असित-सिताः: yellow, red, black, and white (ones)
• पीत-रक्त-असित-सिताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पीत + रक्त + असित + सित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तारा-चन्द्र-अर्क-मण्डिताः: adorned with stars, the moon, and the sun
• तारा-चन्द्र-अर्क-मण्डिताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तारा + चन्द्र + अर्क + मण्डित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √मण्ड्/मण्डि ‘to adorn’)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• stars (tārāḥ)
• moon (candra)
• sun (arka)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores how, in the Mahābhārata’s ethical universe, catastrophic adharma in human action is often mirrored by unsettling or extraordinary signs in nature. It invites reflection on responsibility in war: when rulers and warriors abandon restraint, the cosmos itself is described as seeming to bear portentous marks.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya is reporting to Dhṛtarāṣṭra, describing striking celestial appearances—variegated colors and a sky ‘adorned’ with stars, the moon, and the sun—serving as a dramatic, ominous backdrop to the events of the Kurukṣetra war in Karṇa Parva.