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Shloka 496

Devanagari script

स्वयं प्रायात्‌ पार्थवधाय राजन्‌ कृत्वा स्वरूपं विजिधघांसुरुग्र: । राजन! युद्धस्थलमें कर्णके द्वारा इस प्रकार टका-सा उत्तर पाकर वह नागराज रोषपूर्वक उसके इस वचनको सहन न कर सका। उस उग्र सर्पने अपने स्वरूपको प्रकट करके मनमें प्रतिहिंसाकी भावना लेकर पार्थके वधके लिये स्वयं ही उनपर आक्रमण किया

Transliteration

svayaṁ prāyāt pārthavadhāya rājan kṛtvā svarūpaṁ vijighāṁsur ugraḥ |

Translation

カルナは言った。「王よ、パールタ（アルジュナ）を討たんとするあの猛き蛇は、自ら進み出た。真の姿を現し、滅ぼさんとする欲火に燃え、戦場の騒乱のただ中で、怒りと復讐の衝動に駆られてアルジュナへと躍りかかった。」

Word by Word

स्वयम्himself

प्रायात्went forth/advanced

पार्थ-वधायfor the killing of Pārtha (Arjuna)

राजन्O king

कृत्वाhaving made/done

स्वरूपम्his own form

विजिधघांसुःdesiring to slay

उग्रःfierce

Speaker

कर्ण उवाच

Characters & Entities

Karna

Arjuna (Partha)

Nāgarāja (serpent king)

King (addressed by Karna; Dhṛtarāṣṭra in the frame narrative)

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 how unchecked wrath and vengeance drive beings to reveal their most destructive nature, especially in war; it implicitly contrasts impulsive retaliation with the restraint expected by dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

Karna narrates that a fierce serpent king, unable to bear the exchange on the battlefield, reveals his true form and independently rushes to kill Arjuna (Partha).