Shloka 28
कर्णस्य सेनापत्याभिषेकः | Karṇa’s Consecration as Commander-in-Chief
Devanagari script
वार्द्धक्षेमिर्महाराज समुद्र इव पर्वणि
Transliteration
vārddhakṣemir mahārāja samudra iva parvaṇi
Translation
संजय बोले—हे महाराज, वार्द्धक्षेमि पूर्णिमा के ज्वार-भाटे में समुद्र की भाँति उमड़ पड़ा।
Word by Word
वार्द्धक्षेमिःVārddhakṣemi (proper name)
वार्द्धक्षेमिः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootवार्द्धक्षेमिन्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
महाराजO great king
महाराज:
TypeNoun
Rootमहाराज
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
समुद्रःthe ocean
समुद्रः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootसमुद्र
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
इवlike, as
इव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
पर्वणिat the time of the full/new moon (on the lunar day of change)
पर्वणि:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootपर्वन्
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
Speaker
संजय उवाच
Characters & Entities
S
SañjayaM
Mahārāja (Dhṛtarāṣṭra)V
VārddhakṣemiO
Ocean (samudra)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
The verse uses a natural image—an ocean swelling at the lunar tide—to convey how power, confidence, or martial momentum can suddenly rise; it implicitly cautions that such surges are cyclical and not permanent, urging discernment amid war’s changing conditions.
Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that Vārddhakṣemi’s strength or presence became markedly greater, likened to the ocean’s swelling on a parvan (tide-time), indicating a notable escalation in the battlefield situation.