Shloka 53

अजिशीर्षे प्रातःसंध्यायां संग्रामवर्णनम् / Dawn-Transition Battle at Ajiśīrṣa

Chapter 161

Devanagari script

स कर्ण शरजालेन च्छादयामास पाण्डव:

Transliteration

sa karṇa-śarajālena cchādayāmāsa pāṇḍavaḥ

Translation

サञ्जयは語った。するとパーンダヴァは、網のような矢の雨でカルナを覆い、戦の圧迫の中で彼を圧倒した。この一瞬は、正義の戦いの容赦なき激しさを示す。決意と技は、暴力のただ中にあっても、節度と目的によって支えられねばならぬ。

Word by Word

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

• कर्णम्: Karna
• कर्णम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्ण
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• शरजालेन: with a net/mass of arrows
• शरजालेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरजाल
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• च्छादयामास: covered, enveloped
• Type: Verb
• Root: छाद्
• Form: Periphrastic Perfect (Liṭ), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• पाण्डवः: the Pandava (Arjuna)
• पाण्डवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Karna
• Pāṇḍava
• arrows (śara)
• net/mesh (jāla)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even in war, power and prowess are meaningful only when directed toward a purposeful end; the verse highlights disciplined martial action—overwhelming force used as a tactical means within the larger frame of dharma-yuddha.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that a Pāṇḍava warrior unleashes such a dense volley of arrows that Karṇa is ‘covered’ as if by a net, indicating a momentary tactical dominance and the ferocity of the exchange.