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Shloka 37

धर्मरहस्योपदेशः

Dharma-rahasya Instruction: Vows, Truth, and Non-injury

आजयचघान सुसंक्रुद्धों नाराचेन स्तनान्तरे । पुनश्चैनममेयात्मा शरवर्षरवाकिरत्‌,राजेन्द्र! पाण्डुपुत्र भीमसेनने दो ही घड़ीमें कर्णपर आक्रमण कर दिया। उन्हें अपनी ओर आते देख अत्यन्त क्रोधमें भरे हुए धर्मात्मा वैकर्तन कर्णने एक नाराचद्वारा उनकी छातीमें प्रहार किया। फिर अमेय आत्मबलसे सम्पन्न उस वीरने उन्हें अपने बाणोंकी वर्षासे ढक दिया

sañjaya uvāca | ājau ca ghānaḥ susaṁkruddho nārācena stanāntare | punaś cainam ameyātmā śaravarṣair avākirat, rājendra |

സഞ്ജയൻ പറഞ്ഞു—യുദ്ധമദ്ധ്യേ ഉഗ്രക്രോധത്തിൽ ജ്വലിച്ച വൈകർതനൻ കർണ്ണൻ നാരാചംകൊണ്ട് ഭീമസേനന്റെ വക്ഷസ്ഥലത്ത് പ്രഹരിച്ചു. പിന്നെ, രാജേന്ദ്രാ, അളവറ്റ ബലമുള്ള ആ വീരൻ ഘനമായ ശരവർഷംകൊണ്ട് അവനെ മൂടി.

अजयत्conquered/overcame
अजयत्:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootजि (जय)
FormImperfect (Laṅ), 3, Singular, Parasmaipada
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
अघान्struck/killed
अघान्:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootहन्
FormImperfect (Laṅ), 3, Singular, Parasmaipada
सुसंक्रुद्धःhighly enraged
सुसंक्रुद्धः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसुसंक्रुद्ध
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
नाराचेनwith an iron arrow (nārāca)
नाराचेन:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootनाराच
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
स्तनान्तरेin the space between the breasts (on the chest)
स्तनान्तरे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootस्तन-अन्तर
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
पुनःagain
पुनः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुनः
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
एनम्him
एनम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootएतद् (एनद्-प्रयोगः)
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
अमेयात्माof immeasurable might/spirit
अमेयात्मा:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootअमेय-आत्मन्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
शरवर्षरवाकिरत्covered/showered (him) with
शरवर्षरवाकिरत्:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootआ + कृ (किर)
FormImperfect (Laṅ), 3, Singular, Parasmaipada
शरवर्षेणwith a rain of arrows
शरवर्षेण:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootशर-वर्ष
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Singular

संजय उवाच

S
Sanjaya
D
Dhritarashtra (rājendra)
K
Karna (Vaikartana)
B
Bhimasena (Bhima, Panduputra)
N
nārāca (weapon)
Ś
śara (arrows)

Educational Q&A

The verse highlights the battlefield reality that anger (krodha) can intensify violence, while the fighters still operate within the kshatriya code—meeting an oncoming foe directly with skill and force. It implicitly contrasts inner restraint with the destructive momentum of wrath in war.

As Bhima charges toward Karna, Karna—furious—pierces him in the chest with a powerful nārāca and then overwhelms him by raining a thick volley of arrows, momentarily covering Bhima under missile fire.