Shloka 2

कर्णपर्व — अध्याय ५९

Arjuna Breaks the Encirclement; Bhīma Reinforces

Devanagari script

एष पाण्डव ते भ्राता धार्तराष्ट्रमहाबलै: । जिधघांसुभिम॑हिष्वासैर्द्रतं पार्थोडनुसार्यते,'पाण्डुनन्दन! ये तुम्हारे भाई कुन्तीकुमार युधिष्छिर हैं, जिन्हें मार डालनेकी इच्छासे महाबली महाथधनुर्धर धृतराष्ट्रपुत्र शीघ्रतापूर्वक इनका पीछा कर रहे हैं

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca |

eṣa pāṇḍava te bhrātā dhārtarāṣṭra-mahābalaiḥ |

jighāṃsubhir mahīṣvāsair drutaṃ pārtho 'nusāryate ||

Translation

サञ्जयは言った。「これぞ汝の兄弟、パーンダヴァである。ドリタラーシュトラの強大なる子ら——大弓の名手にして、殺意を抱く者たち——が、パーンドゥの子を素早く追い立てている。」

Word by Word

एषःthis (man)

पाण्डवO Pāṇḍava

तेyour

भ्राताbrother

धार्तराष्ट्र-महा-बलैःby the very mighty sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra

जिघांसुभिःdesiring to kill

महिष्वासैःby great bowmen

द्रुतम्swiftly

पार्थःPārtha (Arjuna)

अनुसार्यतेis being followed/pursued

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Dhṛtarāṣṭra

Pāṇḍava (Pāṇḍu’s son; contextually Yudhiṣṭhira per the prose gloss)

Sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra (Kauravas)

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 highlights the ethical tension of war: combatants become driven by the intent to kill, and kinship (“your brother”) stands in stark contrast to the ruthless momentum of battle—an implicit reminder of how adharma can manifest as relentless pursuit and violence even among relatives.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that a Pāṇḍava—identified in the traditional Hindi gloss as Yudhiṣṭhira—is being rapidly chased by powerful Kaurava warriors, famed as great archers, who are determined to slay him.