Shloka 25

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

Devanagari script

मित्रवर्मा च पाउ्चाल्य: क्षत्रधर्मा च भारत

Transliteration

mitravarmā ca pāuñcālyaḥ kṣatradharmā ca bhārata

Translation

સંજય બોલ્યો—હે ભારત! મિત્રવર્મા, પાંચાલ્ય યોધ્ધા અને ક્ષત્રધર્મા પણ (ત્યાં હતા).

Word by Word

मित्रवर्माMitravarmā (a proper name)

चand

पाञ्चाल्यःthe Pāñcālya (man from Pañcāla)

क्षत्रधर्माone whose dharma is that of a kṣatriya / kṣatriya-duty

चand

भारतO Bhārata

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Dhṛtarāṣṭra (addressed as Bhārata)

Mitravarmā

Pāñcāla (people/region)

Kṣatradharmā

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores kṣatriya identity through naming: warriors are remembered as bearers of martial duty (kṣatra-dharma). In the epic’s ethical frame, such catalogues highlight how personal fame, lineage, and obligation converge in war, even as the larger narrative questions the cost of that duty.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya is reporting to Dhṛtarāṣṭra, listing warriors present/engaged in the battle during the Karṇa Parva. This line names Mitravarmā, a Pāñcāla warrior, and Kṣatradharmā, continuing the enumeration of combatants.