Shloka 29

अमोघशक्तिव्यंसनप्रश्नः — Why Karṇa’s Śakti Was Not Used on Arjuna

Devanagari script

कर्णस्तु पाण्डवे शक्ति काज्चनीं समवासृजत्‌

Transliteration

karṇas tu pāṇḍave śaktiṃ kāñcanīṃ samavāsṛjat

Translation

Sañjaya said: Karṇa then hurled the golden spear-weapon at the Pāṇḍava, a decisive act meant to end the duel at once—an instance of how, in the pressure of war, warriors resort to rare and formidable arms to secure victory, regardless of the grave moral cost such escalation can carry.

Word by Word

• कर्णः: Karna
• कर्णः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्ण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तु: but/however
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• पाण्डवे: to/for the Pandava (Arjuna)
• पाण्डवे: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• शक्तिम्: spear/weapon (shakti)
• शक्तिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्ति
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• काञ्चनीम्: golden
• काञ्चनीम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: काञ्चनी
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• समवासृजत्: hurled/let fly
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + अव + सृज्
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Karna
• Pāṇḍava
• Śakti (spear-weapon)