Shloka 37

Devanagari script

अद्य कर्णस्य चक्राज़: क्रव्यादाश्व॒ पृथग्विधा:

Transliteration

adya karṇasya cakrāś ca kravyādāśva pṛthagvidhāḥ

Translation

サンジャヤは言った。「今日、カルナの円盤のごとき武器と、さまざまな肉食の生き物どもが戦場に姿を現した。」

Word by Word

• अद्य: today / now
• अद्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य
• Form: अव्यय (कालवाचक)

• कर्णस्य: of Karna
• कर्णस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्ण
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• चक्राः: wheels/discus (chakras)
• चक्राः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: चक्र
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• क्रव्यादाः: flesh-eaters (carnivores/demons)
• क्रव्यादाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रव्याद
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय)

• अश्वाः: horses
• अश्वाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्व
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• पृथग्विधाः: of various kinds
• पृथग्विधाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पृथग्विध
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Karṇa
• cakra (disc-like weapon/implement)
• kravyāda (flesh-eating scavengers)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores the grim moral atmosphere of war: when righteous restraint collapses, the battlefield naturally fills with instruments of killing and the scavengers that follow. It functions as a reminder of war’s ethical cost and the inevitability of suffering once violence is unleashed.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya, reporting to Dhṛtarāṣṭra, describes the battlefield scene around Karṇa’s fighting—evoking Karṇa’s weapons and the presence of carrion-eaters of many kinds, a conventional Mahābhārata motif signaling heavy slaughter and ominous momentum in the battle.