Shloka 7

Devanagari script

ततः कर्णो महाराज प्रविवेश महद्‌ भयम्‌

Transliteration

tataḥ karṇo mahārāja praviveśa mahad bhayam

Translation

サञ्जयは語った。「そののちカルナは、大王よ、激しい恐怖の境地に踏み入った——戦場の圧力のただ中での内なる転機であり、名高き勇者でさえ戦の道義と心理の重荷に向き合わねばならぬのである。」

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (तद्-प्रातिपदिकात् अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (काल/अनन्तरार्थे)

• कर्णः: Karna
• कर्णः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्ण
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• महाराज: O great king
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाराज
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• प्रविवेश: entered
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + विश्
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• महत्: great
• महत्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• भयम्: fear, danger
• भयम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भय
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Karna
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Sañjaya

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even the most celebrated warrior is not beyond fear; the epic highlights the human interior—how courage and duty are tested by dread, uncertainty, and the moral burden of violence.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that Karṇa, in the unfolding crisis of the battlefield, is overtaken by intense fear—signaling a shift in momentum and the strain of the situation on Karṇa’s resolve.