Shloka 6

कर्णपरर्वणि त्रयोचत्वारिंशदध्यायः (Karṇa-parva Adhyāya 43) — Kṛṣṇa’s Battlefield Assessment and the Reversal Around Bhīma

Devanagari script

बहिष्कृता हिमवता गड़या च बहिष्कृता: । सरस्वत्या यमुनया कुरुक्षेत्रेण चापि ये

Transliteration

bahiṣkṛtā himavatā gaḍayā ca bahiṣkṛtāḥ | sarasvatyā yamunayā kuru-kṣetreṇa cāpi ye ||

Translation

カルナは言った。「ヒマヴァトに追われた者たち、またガダー河にも同じく退けられた者たち。サラスヴァティーとヤムナーに拒まれ、さらにはクルクシェートラそのものにさえ締め出された者たち――（まさに）その者らのことを語っているのだ。」

Word by Word

बहिष्कृताexcluded, cast out

हिमवताby Himavat (the Himalaya)

गदयाby a mace

चand

बहिष्कृताःexcluded, cast out (they are)

सरस्वत्याby (the river) Sarasvatī

यमुनयाby (the river) Yamunā

कुरुक्षेत्रेणby Kurukṣetra (the Kuru-field)

चand

अपिalso, even

येwho, those who

Speaker

कर्ण उवाच

Characters & Entities

Karna

Himavat (Himalaya)

Gaḍā (river)

Sarasvatī (river)

Yamunā (river)

Kurukṣetra

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Sacred places are not merely physical locations; they function as moral touchstones. The verse implies that those who act against dharma may be ‘excluded’ even by revered rivers and holy regions—an ethical reminder that sanctity demands conduct aligned with righteousness.

What is happening in the narrative?

Karna is speaking and lists famous mountains, rivers, and Kurukṣetra as if they can reject certain persons. He is emphasizing a judgment rooted in sacred geography—invoking well-known holy entities to strengthen his point about who is fit or unfit (morally/ritually) within the ongoing conflict’s discourse.