Shloka 27

कर्णेन सैन्यस्थापनं तथा नानायुद्धसमवायः

Karna Reforms the Host and Multiple Duels Converge

Devanagari script

इति रक्षोपसृष्टेषु विषवीर्यहतेषु च । राक्षसं भैषजं प्रोक्ते संसिद्धवचनोत्तरम्‌,जिनपर राक्षसोंका उपद्रव है तथा जो विषके प्रभावसे मारे गये हैं, उनके लिये यह उत्तम सिद्ध वाक्य ही राक्षसके प्रभावका निवारण करनेवाला एवं जीवनरक्षक औषध बताया गया है

Transliteration

iti rakṣopasṛṣṭeṣu viṣavīryahateṣu ca | rākṣasaṃ bhaiṣajaṃ prokte saṃsiddhavacanottaram ||

Translation

カルナは言った。「かくして、羅刹の害に悩まされる者、また毒の威力に打ち倒された者のために、この成就した言葉は羅刹を退ける霊薬として説かれた。邪悪な影響を払い、命を甦らせる効験ある薬である。」

Word by Word

इतिthus

रक्षः-उपसृष्टेषुin those afflicted by demons

विष-वीर्य-हतेषुin those killed by the potency of poison

चand

राक्षसम्demonic (counteracting demons)

भैषजम्medicine, remedy

प्रोक्तेwere declared/said

संसिद्ध-वचन-उत्तरम्having a concluding utterance that is fully efficacious/attained

Speaker

कर्ण उवाच

Characters & Entities

Karna

Rākṣasas

Poison (viṣa)

Remedy/medicine (bhaiṣaja)

Perfected utterance/formula (saṃsiddha-vacana)

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?

The verse presents a traditional Mahābhārata idea that a ‘perfected utterance’—a proven, authoritative speech-formula—can function as a remedy: it counters hostile forces (rākṣasa-affliction) and neutralizes lethal poison, emphasizing the ethical duty to protect and restore life even amid conflict.

What is happening in the narrative?

Karna is describing (or endorsing) a specific efficacious statement as a therapeutic measure. He frames it as a recognized ‘medicine’ for two crises—demonic assault and poisoning—indicating a context where battlefield or hostile conditions require protective and restorative knowledge.