Shloka 28

कर्णभीमयुद्धम्

Karna–Bhīma Combat Report

Devanagari script

छित्त्वा तु तान्‌ शरान्‌ राजन्‌ क्रोधसंरक्तलोचन:

Transliteration

chittvā tu tān śarān rājan krodha-saṃrakta-locanaḥ

Translation

Sañjaya said: “O King, having cut down those arrows, with eyes reddened by wrath…”

Word by Word

• छित्त्वा: having cut (having shattered)
• छित्त्वा: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: छिद् (छेदने)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), कर्तरि, —, —, —

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु
• Form: true

• तान्: those
• तान्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• शरान्: arrows
• शरान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• राजन्: O king
• राजन्: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• क्रोधसंरक्तलोचनः: whose eyes were reddened with anger
• क्रोधसंरक्तलोचनः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्रोध-संरक्त-लोचन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• arrows (śara)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The line highlights how anger manifests outwardly even in disciplined warriors; in the Mahābhārata’s ethical frame, wrath can sharpen resolve in battle yet also threatens discernment (viveka), making self-mastery a crucial virtue alongside kṣatriya valor.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to King Dhṛtarāṣṭra that a warrior has cut down incoming arrows and now stands with eyes reddened in anger, signaling an escalation in the duel and the intensifying emotional stakes of the battlefield.