Shloka 55

Devanagari script

सूतपुत्रेण नागेषु हयेषु च रथेषु च

Transliteration

sūtaputreṇa nāgeṣu hayeṣu ca ratheṣu ca

Translation

សញ្ជ័យបាននិយាយថា៖ «ដោយកូនប្រុសអ្នកបើករថ (កರ್ಣ) ក្នុងចំណោមដំរី សេះ និងរថសង្គ្រាមទាំងឡាយផងដែរ…»

Word by Word

• सूतपुत्रेण: by the charioteer’s son (Karna)
• सूतपुत्रेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूतपुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• नागेषु: among elephants
• नागेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाग
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

• हयेषु: among horses
• हयेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: हय
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• रथेषु: among chariots
• रथेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Karṇa (Sūtaputra)
• elephants
• horses
• chariots

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The line underscores the comprehensive reach of a warrior’s action in battle—impacting multiple arms of the army (elephants, cavalry, chariots). Ethically, it reflects the Mahābhārata’s recurring tension between personal prowess and the wider consequences of violence in a dharma-conflicted war.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya is describing Karṇa’s activity on the battlefield, indicating that Karṇa’s force or attack is being felt across different military divisions—elephants, horses, and chariots—suggesting intense, wide-ranging combat.