Shloka 39

Devanagari script

कर्णोडपि समरे राजन्‌ विधूमोडग्निरिव ज्वलन्‌

Transliteration

karṇo 'pi samare rājan vidhūmo 'gnir iva jvalan

Translation

សញ្ជ័យបាននិយាយ៖ ឱ ព្រះមហាក្សត្រ, សូម្បីតែកರ್ಣៈ ក៏ភ្លឺរលោងក្នុងសមរភូមិ ដូចភ្លើងគ្មានផ្សែងកំពុងឆេះ—បញ្ចេញពន្លឺកាចសាហាវ ជារូបភាពនៃថាមពលយុទ្ធសាស្ត្រសុទ្ធសាធ មិនមានអ្វីរារាំង នៅកណ្ដាលសង្គ្រាម។

Word by Word

• कर्णः: Karna
• कर्णः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्ण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अपि: also/even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• समरे: in battle
• समरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: समर
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• विधूमः: smokeless
• विधूमः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विधूम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अग्निः: fire
• अग्निः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• इव: like/as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• ज्वलन्: blazing/burning
• ज्वलन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: ज्वल्
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Karna
• Dhritarashtra
• Agni (fire)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the ideal of undistracted, resolute energy in the performance of one’s role—here, the kṣatriya’s battlefield duty—using the metaphor of a smokeless fire to suggest intensity without obscuration.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that Karṇa is fiercely radiant on the battlefield, comparing his presence and power to a bright, smokeless flame as the fighting continues in the Karṇa Parva.