Shloka 23

कर्णपर्व — पञ्चदशोऽध्यायः | Karṇa Parva, Chapter 15: Pāṇḍya’s Advance and Aśvatthāmā’s Counterstroke

Devanagari script

एवमाचार्यपुत्रेण समाहूतो युयुत्सया

Transliteration

evam ācāryaputreṇa samāhūto yuyutsayā

Translation

サンジャヤは言った。師の子に呼びかけられるや、彼は戦わんとする思いを胸に前へ進み出た――戦場の道義と策謀の緊迫のただ中で、その呼び声に応えたのである。

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus, in this manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• आचार्यपुत्रेण: by the teacher's son
• आचार्यपुत्रेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आचार्यपुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• समाहूतः: called, summoned
• समाहूतः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-आ-ह्वा
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• युयुत्सया: with the desire to fight
• युयुत्सया: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: युयुत्सा
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• ācāryaputra (son of the preceptor)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the warrior ethic: when formally summoned or challenged in battle, one responds with readiness (yuyutsā), reflecting the kṣatriya ideal of meeting conflict directly while the larger narrative questions of dharma and consequence remain in the background.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that a combatant is called forth by the preceptor’s son (ācāryaputra) and, driven by the will to fight, steps forward—signaling the initiation or escalation of a specific duel or engagement.