Shloka 71

Devanagari script

शरवृष्टिं च तां कर्णो दूरात्‌ प्राप्तामशातयत्‌ । दृष्टवा च विहतां मायां कर्णेन भरतर्षभ

Transliteration

śaravṛṣṭiṁ ca tāṁ karṇo dūrāt prāptām aśātayat | dṛṣṭvā ca vihatāṁ māyāṁ karṇena bharatarṣabha ||

Translation

サンジャヤは言った。「カルナは、遠くから迫るその矢の雨を打ち砕いた。そしてカルナによって幻術（マーヤー）と策が破られたのを見て、バーラタ族の雄よ、その欺きと仕掛けは敗れ去った。」

Word by Word

• शरवृष्टिम्: shower of arrows
• शरवृष्टिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरवृष्टि
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• ताम्: that
• ताम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

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

• दूरात्: from afar
• दूरात्: Apadana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दूर

• प्राप्ताम्: having come/arrived
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आप्
• Form: क्त, Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• अशातयत्: he destroyed/repelled
• Type: Verb
• Root: शातय्
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive)

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• विहताम्: struck down/destroyed
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-हन्
• Form: क्त, Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• मायाम्: illusion/magic
• मायाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: माया
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• कर्णेन: by Karna
• कर्णेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्ण
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• भरतर्षभ: O bull among the Bharatas
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरत-ऋषभ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Karna
• Bharatarṣabha (Dhṛtarāṣṭra as addressee)
• śaravṛṣṭi (shower of arrows)
• māyā (stratagem/illusion)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

In the battlefield ethic of the epic, steadfast skill and presence of mind can neutralize deceptive tactics; the verse highlights how disciplined martial competence (kṣātra-tejas) can overcome an opponent’s māyā (stratagem).

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that Karṇa, even from a distance, breaks an incoming barrage of arrows; seeing his device/illusion thwarted by Karṇa, the attacker’s stratagem is effectively defeated.