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Shloka 17

अस्त्रयुद्धे द्रौणिपार्थसंघर्षः — Karṇa’s Bhārgavāstra and the Search for Yudhiṣṭhira

Chapter 45

मध्ये सेनामुखे कर्णो5प्यवातिष्ठत दंशित: । चित्रवर्माड्भद: स्रग्वी पालयन्‌ वाहिनीमुखम्‌,कर्ण भी विचित्र कवच, अंगद और हार धारण करके सेनाके मुखभागकी रक्षा करता हुआ व्यूहके मुहानेपर ठीक बीचो-बीचमें खड़ा था

madhye senāmukhe karṇo 'py avātiṣṭhata daṁśitaḥ | citravarmādbhutaḥ sragvī pālayan vāhinīmukham ||

ສັນຊະຍະກ່າວວ່າ: ຢູ່ກາງໜ້າກອງທັບ ກັນນະກໍຢືນໝັ້ນ ພ້ອມອາວຸດຄົບຄັນ ແລະ ໃຈກ້າແຂງ. ສວມເກາະອັນວິຈິດຫຼາກສີ ພ້ອມກໍາໄລແຂນ ແລະ ພວງມາລາ ລາວຄຸ້ມຄອງປາກທາງຂອງຂະບວນຮົບ ຮັກສາຫນ້າກອງໃຫ້ໝັ້ນຄົງ.

मध्येin the middle
मध्ये:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootमध्य
Formneuter, locative, singular
सेनामुखेat the front of the army
सेनामुखे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootसेनामुख
Formneuter, locative, singular
कर्णःKarna
कर्णः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootकर्ण
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
अपिalso
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
अवातिष्ठतstood / took position
अवातिष्ठत:
TypeVerb
Rootस्था
Formimperfect (laṅ), 3rd, singular, parasmaipada
दंशितःarmed, equipped (with armor/weapons)
दंशितः:
TypeAdjective
Rootदंशित
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
चित्रवर्माhaving variegated armor
चित्रवर्मा:
TypeNoun
Rootचित्रवर्मन्
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
अङ्गदःwearing armlets / armlet-bearer
अङ्गदः:
TypeNoun
Rootअङ्गद
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
स्रग्वीgarlanded
स्रग्वी:
TypeAdjective
Rootस्रग्विन्
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
पालयन्protecting, guarding
पालयन्:
TypeVerb
Rootपाल्
Formpresent active participle (śatṛ), masculine, nominative, singular
वाहिनीमुखम्the front of the army
वाहिनीमुखम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवाहिनीमुख
Formneuter, accusative, singular

संजय उवाच

S
Sañjaya
K
Karṇa
S
senā (army)
V
vāhinī (host/army)
V
varman (armour)
S
sraj (garland)
V
vyūha (battle-array/formation)

Educational Q&A

The verse highlights steadfastness and command-responsibility in battle: a leader must hold the front line and protect the formation. It also implicitly frames war as a domain where duty and moral burden coexist—valor is praised, yet it unfolds within a larger ethical tragedy.

Sañjaya reports Karṇa’s battlefield posture: he stands at the center of the army’s front, fully armed, adorned with striking armour and a garland, guarding the opening/front of the battle-array so the vanguard remains protected and organized.