Shloka 9

Devanagari script

हत्वा तु समरे कर्ण त्वमद्य निशितै: शरै: । विपुलां प्रीतिमाधत्स्व धर्मपुत्रस्य मानद,“मानद! आज तुम तीखे बाणोंसे समरभूमिमें कर्णका वध करके धर्मपुत्र युधिष्ठिरके हृदयमें अत्यन्त हर्षोल्लास भर दो

Transliteration

hatvā tu samare karṇa tvam adya niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ | vipulāṃ prītim ādhatsva dharmaputrasya mānada ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “Having slain Karṇa today in the battle with your keen arrows, bring abundant joy into the heart of Dharmaputra (Yudhiṣṭhira), O bestower of honor.”

Word by Word

• हत्वा: having slain
• हत्वा: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), परस्मैपदी-भाव (gerund, voice-neutral)

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

• समरे: in battle
• समरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: समर
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• कर्णम्: Karna (as object)
• कर्णम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्ण
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Nominative, Singular

• अद्य: today/now
• अद्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य

• निशितैः: with sharp
• निशितैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निशित
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• शरैः: arrows
• शरैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• विपुलाम्: great/abundant
• विपुलाम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विपुल
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• प्रीतिम्: joy/delight
• प्रीतिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रीति
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• आधत्स्व: produce/bring about (for yourself); fill (with)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + धा (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), आत्मनेपद, Second, Singular

• धर्मपुत्रस्य: of Dharmaputra (Yudhiṣṭhira)
• धर्मपुत्रस्य: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्मपुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• मानद: O giver of honor (epithet)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानद
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Karṇa
• Dharmaputra (Yudhiṣṭhira)
• arrows (śara)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse frames battlefield action in terms of kṣatriya-duty and collective morale: defeating a formidable foe is presented not as personal triumph alone but as an act that restores confidence and joy to the righteous king (Dharmaputra), reinforcing the ethical-political aim of sustaining dharma through rightful victory.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports an exhortation directed at a warrior: to slay Karṇa that very day with sharp arrows, thereby filling Yudhiṣṭhira’s heart with great joy—implying Karṇa’s fall is pivotal for the Pāṇḍavas’ hopes and the war’s momentum.