Shloka 48

Devanagari script

जिष्णुं च जिष्णुकर्माणं देवापिं भद्रमेव च,निजघान सुसंक्रुद्धश्षेदीनां च महारथान्‌ । राजन! तत्पश्चात्‌ क्रोधमें भरे हुए कर्णने समरांगणमें जिष्णु, जिष्णुकर्मा, देवापि, भद्र, दण्ड, चित्र, चित्रायुध, हरि, सिंहकेतु, रोचमान तथा महारथी शलभ--इन चेदिदेशीय महारथियोंका संहार कर डाला

Transliteration

jiṣṇuṃ ca jiṣṇukarmāṇaṃ devāpiṃ bhadrameva ca | nijaghāna susaṃkruddhaś cedīnāṃ ca mahārathān ||

Translation

Sañjaya berkata: “Lalu Karṇa, menyala oleh amarah yang dahsyat, menumbangkan Jiṣṇu, Jiṣṇukarmā, Devāpi, dan Bhadrā, beserta para mahāratha dari negeri Cedi.”

Word by Word

जिष्णुम्Jishnu (a warrior named Jishnu)

चand

जिष्णुकर्माणम्Jishnukarman (one whose deeds are 'jishnu'/victorious; proper name)

देवापिम्Devapi (proper name)

भद्रम्Bhadra (proper name)

एवindeed/just

चand

निजघानslew/struck down

सुसंक्रुद्धःhighly enraged

चेदीनाम्of the Cedis

चand

महारथान्great chariot-warriors

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Karṇa

Jiṣṇu

Jiṣṇukarmā

Devāpi

Bhadrā

Cedi (Cedi-deśa / Cedis)

Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied by 'rājan')

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 highlights how krodha (anger) intensifies violence and accelerates destruction in war. Even within kṣatriya-dharma, the epic repeatedly signals that wrath narrows judgment and multiplies suffering, making victory morally costly.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to the king that Karṇa, in a surge of rage, kills several named warriors—identified as mahārathas associated with the Cedi side—showing Karṇa’s lethal momentum on the battlefield at this stage of the war.