Mahabharata 7.133.41 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 133, Shloka 41

दुर्योधनस्य कर्णप्रार्थना — कृपकर्णसंवादः

Duryodhana’s Appeal to Karna — The Kripa–Karna Dialogue

Devanagari script

अयल्नेनैव तं॑ कर्ण: शरैर्भूशमवाकिरत्‌ । भीमसेनं महाबाहुं सैन्धवस्य वधैषिणम्‌,उधर कर्ण जयद्रथके वधकी इच्छावाले महाबाहु भीमसेनपर अनायास ही बाणोंकी बड़ी भारी वर्षा करने लगा

Transliteration

ayalnenaiva taṁ karṇaḥ śarair bhūśam avākirat | bhīmasenaṁ mahābāhuṁ saindhavasya vadhaiṣiṇam ||

Translation

カルナは労することなく、サインダヴァ（ジャヤドラタ）討伐を念じる大臂のビーマセーナに、濃密な矢の雨を浴びせかけた。

Word by Word

• अयत्नेन: without effort, effortlessly
• अयत्नेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अयत्न
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• एव: indeed, just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

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

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

• भूशम्: abundantly, greatly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भूशम्

• अवाकिरत्: showered, scattered down
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव√कॄ (किरति)
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• भीमसेनम्: Bhimasena
• भीमसेनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीमसेन
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• महाबाहुम्: mighty-armed
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महाबाहु
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• सैन्धवस्य: of the Saindhava (Jayadratha)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सैन्धव
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• वधैषिणम्: seeking the killing (of), intent on slaying
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वधैषिन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

कर्ण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Karna
• Bhimasena (Bhima)
• Saindhava (Jayadratha)
• arrows (śara)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the battlefield ethic of kṣatriya-dharma: a warrior must meet an opponent’s vow-driven advance with resolute resistance. Personal vengeance and pledged intent (vadha-eṣiṇ) intensify conflict, yet duty compels counteraction without hesitation.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhima is pressing forward with the intention of killing Jayadratha (Saindhava). Karna intervenes and, seemingly without strain, overwhelms Bhima with a heavy barrage of arrows to halt or divert his advance.