Shloka 29

कर्णपर्व — अध्याय ५९

Arjuna Breaks the Encirclement; Bhīma Reinforces

Devanagari script

एते भारत मातड्ा: कर्णेनाभिहता: शरै: | आर्तनादान्‌ विकुर्वाणा विद्रवन्ति दिशो दश,“भारत! कर्णके बाणोंसे मारे गये ये मतवाले हाथी आर्तनाद करते हुए दसों दिशाओंमें भाग रहे हैं

Transliteration

ete bhārata mātaṅgāḥ karṇenābhihatāḥ śaraiḥ | ārtanādān vikurvāṇā vidravanti diśo daśa ||

Translation

ສັນຊະຍະ ກ່າວວ່າ: «ໂອ ພາຣະຕະ! ຊ້າງທີ່ເມົາມັນດ້ວຍມັດ (rut) ເຫຼົ່ານີ້ ຖືກລູກສອນຂອງ ກັນນະ ຍິງຖືກ ແລະຮ້ອງຄຳຄວນດ້ວຍຄວາມເຈັບປວດ ພາກັນແລ່ນໜີໄປທົ່ວສິບທິດ»។

Word by Word

• एते: these
• एते: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• भारत: O Bharata
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• मातङ्गाः: elephants
• मातङ्गाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातङ्ग
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• कर्णेन: by Karna
• कर्णेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्ण
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• अभिहताः: struck, smitten
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-हन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural, क्त (past passive participle)

• शरैः: with arrows
• शरैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• आर्तनादान्: cries of distress
• आर्तनादान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आर्तनाद
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• विकुर्वाणाः: uttering, making
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि- कृ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural, शतृ (present active participle)

• विद्रवन्ति: they run away, flee
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-द्रु
• Form: Present, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• दिशः: directions
• दिशः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिश्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Plural

• दश: ten
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दशन्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Plural, numeral used adjectivally with दिशः

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Bhārata (Dhṛtarāṣṭra as addressee)
• Karṇa
• elephants
• arrows
• ten directions

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the immediate human-and-animal cost of martial power: skill in war can create terror and suffering, reminding the listener that battlefield success is inseparable from anguish inflicted on living beings.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that Karṇa has shot the elephants with arrows; wounded and crying out, they stampede and scatter in all directions, intensifying the chaos of the fight.