Shloka 11

Devanagari script

स निवृत्तस्तत: कर्ण: संघट्टधित इवोरग: । भीममावारयामास विकिरन्‌ निशितान्‌ शरान्‌,तदनन्तर पैरोंसे कुचले गये सर्पके समान कुपित हो कर्ण लौट पड़ा और तीखे बाणोंकी वर्षा करके भीमको रोकने लगा

Transliteration

sa nivṛttas tataḥ karṇaḥ saṅghaṭṭadhita ivoragaḥ | bhīmam āvārayāmāsa vikirann niśitān śarān ||

Translation

サञ्जयは語った。「するとカルナは、踏みつけられて怒り狂う蛇のごとく引き返し、鋭い矢を雨のように散らしてビーマの進撃を食い止めた。」

Word by Word

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

• निवृत्तः: having turned back/returned
• निवृत्तः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नि-वृत् (वृत्त)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ततः: then/from there
• ततः: Apadana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

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

• संघट्टधितः: trampled/crushed (by stamping/pressure)
• संघट्टधितः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सं-घट्ट-धि (धित)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• इव: like/as if
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• उरगः: a serpent
• उरगः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: उरग
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भीमम्: Bhima
• भीमम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीम
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• आवारयामास: checked/held back
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-√वृ (वारयति)
• Form: Perfect (Periphrastic), Third, Singular

• विकिरन्: scattering/showering
• विकिरन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-√कॄ (किरति)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, Present active participle

• निशितान्: sharp
• निशितान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निशित
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• शरान्: arrows
• शरान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sanjaya
• Karna
• Bhima
• arrows
• serpent (simile)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how wounded pride and pain can inflame anger, leading to immediate retaliation; it also reflects the kṣatriya battlefield code where an opponent is checked through decisive action rather than withdrawal.

What is happening in the narrative?

Karna turns back in fury—compared to a trampled serpent—and blocks Bhima by raining sharp arrows, preventing Bhima’s forward movement in the ongoing battle.