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Shloka 246

कृष्णोपदेशः, अर्जुनस्य क्षमा-याचनम्, कर्णवध-अनुज्ञा

Krishna’s Counsel, Arjuna’s Apology, and Authorization for Karṇa’s Slaying

कर्ण रणे महाराज पुत्राणां तव पश्यताम्‌ । महाराज! तदनन्तर युद्धका हौसला रखनेवाले भीमसेनने अपने बाणोंसे आपके पुत्रोंके देखते-देखते कर्णको आच्छादित कर दिया

karṇa raṇe mahārāja putrāṇāṃ tava paśyatām | mahārāja! tad-anantaraṃ yuddha-kā hauslā rakhanewāle bhīmasenane apne bāṇoṃse āpke putroṃke dekhte-dekhte karṇako ācchādita kara diyā

സഞ്ജയൻ പറഞ്ഞു—മഹാരാജാ! നിങ്ങളുടെ പുത്രന്മാർ നോക്കി നിൽക്കേ കർണ്ണൻ യുദ്ധത്തിൽ നിലകൊണ്ടിരുന്നു. തുടർന്ന് സമരത്തിൽ ധൈര്യോത്സാഹം കൈവിടാത്ത ഭീമസേനൻ തന്റെ അമ്പുകളാൽ നിങ്ങളുടെ പുത്രന്മാരുടെ മുമ്പിൽ തന്നേ കർണ്ണനെ മൂടിക്കളഞ്ഞു.

कर्णःKarna
कर्णः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootकर्ण
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
रणेin battle
रणे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootरण
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
महाराजO great king
महाराज:
TypeNoun
Rootमहाराज
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
पुत्राणाम्of (your) sons
पुत्राणाम्:
TypeNoun
Rootपुत्र
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
तवof you/your
तव:
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
Form—, Genitive, Singular
पश्यताम्while (they) were watching / of those watching
पश्यताम्:
TypeVerb
Rootपश्यत्
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural

संजय उवाच

S
Sanjaya
D
Dhritarashtra
K
Karna
B
Bhimasena
K
Kaurava princes (sons of Dhritarashtra)
A
arrows
B
battlefield

Educational Q&A

The passage highlights battlefield resolve: valor is shown not merely by status or spectatorship, but by sustained effort under pressure. It also implies an ethical tension of war—public witnessing does not prevent violence, but it intensifies responsibility and the moral weight of outcomes.

Sanjaya reports to Dhritarashtra that, as the Kaurava princes watched, Bhima launched a fierce arrow-shower at Karna, effectively covering or obscuring him with missiles in the midst of combat.