Shloka 193

Devanagari script

दुर्मुखाय रथं तूर्ण प्रेषयामास पाण्डव: । महाराज! तदनन्तर कर्णको अपने बाणोंद्वारा रोककर पाण्डुकुमार भीम तुरंत ही अपने रथको दुर्मुखके पास ले गये

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | durmukhāya rathaṃ tūrṇaṃ preṣayāmāsa pāṇḍavaḥ | mahārāja! tadanantaraṃ karṇako 'pane bāṇodvārā rokakar pāṇḍukumāra bhīma tūranta hī apane rathako durmukhake pāsa le gaye |

Translation

Sañjaya said: The Pāṇḍava swiftly dispatched his chariot toward Durmukha. O King, immediately thereafter Karṇa checked him with a shower of arrows; yet Bhīma, the son of Pāṇḍu, without delay drove his chariot right up to Durmukha. The passage highlights the relentless momentum of battle—where even when restrained by a powerful adversary, a warrior’s resolve and chosen target remain fixed.

Word by Word

• दुर्मुखाय: to Durmukha
• दुर्मुखाय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्मुख
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• रथम्: chariot
• रथम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• तूर्णम्: swiftly
• तूर्णम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तूर्ण

• प्रेषयामास: sent/caused to go
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रेष्
• Form: Periphrastic Perfect (Liṭ), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• पाण्डवः: the Pandava (Bhima/one of the Pandavas)
• पाण्डवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Durmukha
• Karṇa
• Bhīma
• chariot
• arrows

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even amid obstruction and counterattack, steadfastness of purpose is portrayed as a warrior’s strength: Bhīma remains focused on confronting Durmukha despite Karṇa’s attempt to halt him.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīma rapidly drives his chariot toward Durmukha. Karṇa intervenes by striking and checking Bhīma with arrows, but Bhīma still presses forward and brings his chariot close to Durmukha.