Shloka 65

द्रोणकर्णयोः निशि संप्रहारः — Night Engagement with Droṇa and Karṇa

Devanagari script

यदेक: समरे क्रुद्धस्त्रीन्‌ रथान्‌ पर्यवारयत्‌ । आर्य! वहाँ हमने सूतपुत्रका अद्भुत पराक्रम देखा कि समरभूमिमें कुपित होकर उसने अकेले ही तीन-तीन महारथियोंको रोक दिया था ।। ६४ ई ।। फाल्गुनस्तु महाबाहु: कर्ण वैकर्तनं रणे

Transliteration

yad ekaḥ samare kruddhas trīn rathān paryavārayat | ārya! vahāṁ vayam sūtaputrasya adbhuta-parākramaṁ dadarśma—yad raṇabhūmau kupitaḥ san sa eka eva trīn trīn mahārathīn avārayat ||

Translation

Sanjaya said: “O noble one, there we witnessed the astonishing valor of the charioteer’s son. Enraged on the battlefield, he alone held back three great chariot-warriors at a time.”

Word by Word

यत्that which

एकःalone, single

समरेin battle

क्रुद्धःangered

त्रीन्three

रथान्chariots (warriors in chariots)

पर्यवारयत्checked, held back, stopped

फाल्गुनःPhalguna (Arjuna)

तुbut, however

महाबाहुःthe mighty-armed

कर्णKarna

वैकर्तनम्son of Vikartana

रणेin battle

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sanjaya

Dhritarashtra (implied by ārya as addressee)

Karna (Sūtaputra, Vaikartana)

Battlefield (raṇabhūmi)

Chariots (ratha)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes