Shloka 10

Devanagari script

पश्यध्वं च महात्मानं कर्ण वैकर्तनं युधि । प्रचरन्तं महेष्वासं दिव्यैरस्त्रैमहाबलम्‌,“देखिये, महामना, महाधनुर्धर और महाबली वैकर्तन कर्ण अपने दिव्यास्त्रोंके साथ किस प्रकार युद्धमें विचर रहा है?

Transliteration

paśyadhvaṃ ca mahātmānaṃ karṇa vaikartanaṃ yudhi | pracarantaṃ maheṣvāsaṃ divyair astrair mahābalam ||

Translation

ສັນຊະຍະກ່າວວ່າ: «ຈົ່ງເບິ່ງກັນເຖີດ ກັນນະ ວາຍກັຣຕະນະ ໃນສະໜາມຮົບ—ຜູ້ມີໃຈຍິ່ງໃຫຍ່, ນັກທະນູຜູ້ເກັ່ງກ້າ, ຜູ້ມີພະລັງຫນັກແນ່ນ—ກໍາລັງເຄື່ອນໄຫວໄປມາໃນສົງຄາມ ພ້ອມອາວຸດທິບອັນສັກສິດຂອງລາວ. ເບິ່ງເຖີດວ່າ ອໍານາດແລະຝີມືຂອງລາວ ແຜ່ຂະຫຍາຍໄປທົ່ວສະໜາມຮົບແນວໃດ»។

Word by Word

पश्यध्वम्see (you all)!

चand

महात्मानम्the great-souled one

कर्णम्Karna

वैकर्तनम्Vaikartana (son of the cutter; epithet of Karna)

युधिin battle

प्रचरन्तम्moving about, ranging

महेष्वासम्the great archer (lit. great-bowman)

दिव्यैःwith divine

अस्त्रैःweapons/missiles

महाबलम्very mighty/strong

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Karna (Vaikartana)

divyāstra (divine weapons)

battlefield (yudhi)

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 epic narration frames martial excellence: power, skill, and divine weaponry can inspire awe, yet they remain ethically ambivalent—strength in war is not itself a guarantee of dharma, only a force that must be directed by right judgment.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya, reporting the battle to Dhṛtarāṣṭra, draws attention to Karṇa’s movements and effectiveness in combat, portraying him as a formidable archer roaming the field and deploying divine astras.