Shloka 14

Chapter 136: Pandava Counter-Encirclement and the Vāyavya-Astra Disruption

Devanagari script

तत्राद्भुतमपश्याम राधेयस्य पराक्रमम्‌

Transliteration

tatrādbhutam apaśyāma rādheyasya parākramam

Translation

サンジャヤは言った。そこに我らは驚くべきものを見た――ラーデーヤ（カルナ）の武勇である。戦の道義が軋み、暴力が容赦なく続くただ中で、彼の並外れた勇気は、武の極致を示す鮮烈な光景としてひときわ際立っていた。

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• अद्भुतम्: a wonder, something marvelous
• अद्भुतम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अद्भुत
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अपश्याम: we saw
• अपश्याम: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), First, Plural

• राधेयस्य: of Rādheya (Karna)
• राधेयस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: राधेय
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• पराक्रमम्: valor, prowess
• पराक्रमम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पराक्रम
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sanjaya
• Radheya (Karna)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how extraordinary martial prowess can appear 'astonishing' even amid a tragic war, inviting reflection on the tension between admiration for valor (kṣātra-tejas) and the ethical weight of violence in a dharma-conflicted battlefield.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sanjaya, narrating the battle to Dhritarashtra, reports that they witnessed an astonishing display of Karna’s (Radheya’s) heroic prowess at that moment in the fighting.