Shloka 26

Adhyāya 141 — Night duels: Śaineya and Bhūriśravas; Droṇi and Ghaṭotkaca; Bhīma and Duryodhana

Devanagari script

ततः क्रुद्ध: शरानस्यथन्‌ सूतपुत्रो व्यरोचत

Transliteration

tataḥ kruddhaḥ śarān asyathan sūtaputro vyarocata

Translation

サンジャヤは言った。「そのとき、御者の子カルナは怒りに燃え、矢を次々と放ち始めた。猛き決意をもって戦いを押し進め、その武勇は燦然と輝いた。」

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (तद्-प्रातिपदिकात् अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त)

• क्रुद्धः: angry
• क्रुद्धः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्रुध् (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त: क्रुद्ध)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• शरान्: arrows
• शरान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• अस्यथन्: they hurled/cast
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (क्षेपणे/प्रक्षेपणे) धातु
• Form: लङ् (अनद्यतनभूत), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• सूतपुत्रः: the charioteer’s son (Karna)
• सूतपुत्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूतपुत्र (सूत + पुत्र)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• व्यरोचत: shone forth, appeared splendid
• Type: Verb
• Root: रुच् (दीप्तौ) धातु, उपसर्ग: वि-
• Form: लङ् (अनद्यतनभूत), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Karna (Sūtaputra)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how anger can intensify action and display of power in war; it implicitly cautions that prowess fueled by wrath may be dazzling yet ethically perilous, as it drives escalation rather than restraint.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya narrates that Karṇa, provoked and furious, begins to rain arrows on the battlefield, standing out conspicuously as he advances the fight.