Shloka 66

दुर्योधन-कर्ण-संवादः

Duryodhana–Karna Dialogue on Vyūha-bheda and Daiva

Devanagari script

आकर्णपूर्णमाचार्यो बलवानभ्यवासृजत्‌ । स हत्वा क्षत्रधर्माणं जगाम धरणीतलम्‌

Transliteration

ākarṇapūrṇam ācāryo balavān abhyavāsṛjat | sa hatvā kṣatradharmāṇaṃ jagāma dharaṇītalam ||

Translation

サンジャヤは言った。力あるアーチャーリヤは弓を耳まで引き絞り、全力で矢を放った。刹帝利のダルマを守る戦士は射倒され、地に伏して大地へと落ちた。

Word by Word

• आकर्णपूर्णम्: filled up to the ear (i.e., fully drawn)
• आकर्णपूर्णम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आकर्णपूर्ण
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• आचार्यः: the teacher (Drona)
• आचार्यः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: आचार्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• बलवान्: mighty, powerful
• बलवान्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बलवत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अभ्यवासृजत्: shot forth, discharged
• Type: Verb
• Root: सृज्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• हत्वा: having slain
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन्
• Form: Absolutive (ktvā), Parasmaipada (usage)

• क्षत्रधर्माणम्: the Kshatriya-duty (one devoted to the warrior code)
• क्षत्रधर्माणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षत्रधर्म
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• जगाम: went, fell
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• धरणीतलम्: the surface of the earth, ground
• धरणीतलम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धरणीतल
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Ācārya (Droṇa)
• bow (implied by ākarṇapūrṇam)
• arrow (implied by abhyavāsṛjat)
• earth/ground (dharaṇītalam)
• kṣatriya-dharma (as a principle/person-description)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the tension between dharma and the brutal outcomes of war: even a warrior faithfully embodying kṣatriya-dharma can be felled. It underscores that righteous intent does not guarantee survival; skill, circumstance, and the larger momentum of conflict shape results.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya narrates that Droṇa, drawing his bow fully, releases a powerful shot. The targeted warrior—described as one aligned with kṣatriya duty—is struck down and collapses to the earth.