Shloka 29

कर्णपर्व — अध्याय ४०

Karṇa’s Pressure on the Pāñcālas; Duryodhana Disabled; Arjuna’s Counter-Advance

Devanagari script

सम्पातं समुदीषं च ततो<न्यद्‌ व्यतिरिक्तकम्‌ | गतागतप्रतिगतं बह्दीक्ष निकुलीनका:

Transliteration

sampātaṃ samudīṣaṃ ca tato 'nyad vyatiriktakam | gatāgatapratigataṃ bahudīkṣa nikulīnakāḥ ||

Translation

ກາກເວົ້າວ່າ: «ນອກເໜືອຈາກນີ້ ຍັງມີລາງບອກອື່ນໆ—ການພຸ້ນດິ່ງລົງຢ່າງກະທັນຫັນ ແລະການເຄື່ອນໄຫວອັນວຸ້ນວາຍ, ການໄປມາຊ້ຳໆ, ແລະການເຄື່ອນໄຫວຕ້ານທິດ. ສັນຍາເຫຼົ່ານີ້ເມື່ອສັງເກດໃນຫຼາຍວິທີ ຊີ້ໃຫ້ເຫັນຄວາມປັ່ນປ່ວນ ແລະພະຍາກອນຜົນຮ້າຍ».

Word by Word

• सम्पातम्: a swoop/fall; sudden descent
• सम्पातम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सम्पात
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• समुदीषम्: a kind of (violent) agitation/impulse (uncertain reading)
• समुदीषम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: समुदीष
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

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

• ततः: then; from there
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• अन्यत्: another; something else
• अन्यत्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• व्यतिरिक्तम्: separate; distinct; excluded
• व्यतिरिक्तम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: व्यतिरिक्त
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• गतातगतप्रतिगतम्: gone, come-back, and counter-returning (moving to and fro)
• गतातगतप्रतिगतम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गतातगतप्रतिगत
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• बहुदीक्ष: O much-initiated/very consecrated one (uncertain reading)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहुदीक्ष
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• निकुलीनकाः: men of good family/noble-born (uncertain reading)
• निकुलीनकाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: निकुलीनक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

काक उवाच

Characters & Entities

• काक (Kāka, the crow)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how repeated, erratic, and opposing movements—especially in the natural world—are traditionally read as warnings. Ethically, it urges attentiveness and restraint when signs suggest disorder and impending harm.

What is happening in the narrative?

The crow (Kāka) speaks about various ominous signs—swoops, agitation, repeated comings and goings, and counter-movements—interpreting them as indicators of disturbance and unfavorable consequences in the unfolding war context.