Shloka 13

रात्रौ युद्धप्रवृत्तिः — Night Battle Begins; Duryodhana’s Protective Orders for Droṇa

Droṇa-parva 139

Devanagari script

यथैव हि स कर्णेन पार्थ: प्रच्छादित: शरै: । तथैव स रणे कर्ण छादयामास पाण्डव:,जैसे कर्णने अपने बाणोंद्वारा भीमसेनको आच्छादित किया था, उसी प्रकार पाण्डुपुत्र भीमने भी कर्णको ढक दिया

Transliteration

yathaiva hi sa karṇena pārthaḥ pracchāditaḥ śaraiḥ | tathaiva sa raṇe karṇa chādayāmāsa pāṇḍavaḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: Just as Karṇa had covered Pārtha with a dense shower of arrows, so too in that battle did the Pāṇḍava cover Karṇa in return. The verse highlights the fierce reciprocity of combat—prowess answered by prowess—within the relentless momentum of the Kurukṣetra war.

Word by Word

यथाjust as

एवindeed/just

हिfor/indeed

सःhe

कर्णेनby Karna

पार्थःthe son of Pritha (Arjuna)

प्रच्छादितःcovered/hidden

शरैःwith arrows

तथाso/in the same way

एवindeed/just

सःhe

रणेin battle

कर्णम्Karna (as object)

छादयामासcovered (did cover)

पाण्डवःthe Pandava (Bhima, in context)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Karṇa

Pārtha (Arjuna)

Pāṇḍava (son of Pāṇḍu)

arrows

battlefield (raṇa)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes