Shloka 24

कर्णभीमसेनयुद्धम् | Karṇa–Bhīmasena Engagement

Chapter 111

Devanagari script

स विध्यमान: समरे पाण्डवैर्जितकाशिभि:

Transliteration

sa vidhyamānaḥ samare pāṇḍavair jitakāśibhiḥ

Translation

ສັນຊະຍະ ກ່າວວ່າ: ໃນກາງສະໜາມຮົບ ລາວກໍາລັງຖືກພວກປານດະວະ—ຜູ້ເຄີຍພິຊິດກາສີ—ຟັນຟາດຢ່າງຫນັກ. ນີ້ຊີ້ໃຫ້ເຫັນວ່າ ຄວາມກ້າຫານ ແລະ ຊັຍຊະນະໃນອະດີດ ບໍ່ອາດປົກປ້ອງຜູ້ໃດຈາກຜົນສະທ້ອນທັນທີຂອງສົງຄາມ ແລະ ການຫັນຜັນອັນບໍ່ຢຸດຢັ້ງຂອງຊະຕາກໍາໃນສະໜາມຮົບໄດ້ເລີຍ.

Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• विध्यमानः: being pierced/struck
• विध्यमानः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: व्यध् (विध्) + शानच्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, Passive (present participle)

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

• पाण्डवैः: by the Pandavas
• पाण्डवैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• जितकाशिभिः: by those who had conquered Kashi
• जितकाशिभिः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जितकाशि
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Pāṇḍavas
• Kāśī (Kāśi)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores the harsh ethical reality of war: even renowned warriors and victors are subject to injury and reversal. Martial glory (such as having conquered Kāśī) does not negate the immediate moral and physical consequences of battle.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that a certain warrior (contextually identified in surrounding verses) is being wounded in combat by the Pāṇḍavas, described with the epithet 'conquerors of Kāśī,' emphasizing their prowess as they strike him on the battlefield.