Shloka 25
कृष्णोपदेशः, अर्जुनस्य क्षमा-याचनम्, कर्णवध-अनुज्ञा
Krishna’s Counsel, Arjuna’s Apology, and Authorization for Karṇa’s Slaying
Devanagari script
ततः कर्णो भृशं क्रुद्धो भीम॑ं नवभिरायसै:
Transliteration
tataḥ karṇo bhṛśaṃ kruddho bhīmaṃ navabhir āyasaiḥ
Translation
പിന്നീട് അത്യന്തം ക്രുദ്ധനായ കർണൻ ഇരുമ്പുതണ്ടുള്ള ഒമ്പത് അസ്ത്രങ്ങളാൽ ഭീമനെ പ്രഹരിച്ചു.
Word by Word
ततःthen, thereafter
ततः:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः (तद्-प्रातिपदिकात् अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त)
कर्णःKarna
कर्णः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootकर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
भृशम्exceedingly, greatly
भृशम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootभृशम्
Formअव्यय
क्रुद्धःangered
क्रुद्धः:
TypeAdjective
Rootक्रुध् (धातु) → क्रुद्ध (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (भूतकृदन्त, क्त)
भीमम्Bhima
भीमम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootभीम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन
नवभिःwith nine
नवभिः:
TypeAdjective
Rootनवन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुं/नपुंसक, तृतीया, बहुवचन
आयसैःwith iron (ones), iron-made
आयसैः:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootआयस (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुं/नपुंसक, तृतीया, बहुवचन
Speaker
संजय उवाच
Characters & Entities
S
SañjayaK
KarnaB
BhimaI
iron missiles/weaponsCharacter Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how anger (krodha) escalates violence and clouds discernment even in a dharma-framed battlefield; it implicitly warns that inner restraint is as crucial as martial skill, since wrath can push action beyond measured duty.
Sañjaya reports that Karṇa, overcome by intense anger, attacks Bhīma with nine iron weapons/missiles, marking a sharp intensification in their direct combat during the Kurukṣetra war.