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Shloka 57

एवमेतन्महाराज नरवाजिरथद्विपान्‌,तथा स सोमकान्‌ हत्वा तस्थावेको महारथ: । महाराज! इस प्रकार शत्रुसूदन महाधनुर्धर कर्ण शत्रुपक्षके पैदल, घोड़े, रथ और हाथियोंका संहार करके अविचलभावसे खड़ा रहा। जैसे समस्त प्राणियोंका संहार करके काल खड़ा हो, उसी प्रकार महाबली महारथी कर्ण सोमकोंका विनाश करके युद्धभूमिमें अकेला ही डटा रहा

evam etan mahārāja nara-vāji-ratha-dvipān tathā sa somakān hatvā tasthāv eko mahārathaḥ |

സഞ്ജയൻ പറഞ്ഞു—മഹാരാജാ! അങ്ങനെ തന്നെയായിരുന്നു. ശത്രുപക്ഷത്തിലെ പാദാതികൾ, അശ്വാരൂഢർ, രഥികർ, ഗജാരൂഢർ എന്നിവരെ സംഹരിക്കുകയും, സോമകരെയും നശിപ്പിക്കുകയും ചെയ്ത് മഹാധനുർധരനായ മഹാരഥൻ കർണ്ണൻ ഒരുത്തനായി അചലമായി നിന്നു. സർവ്വജീവികളെയും സംഹരിച്ച ശേഷം കാലൻ നില്ക്കുന്നതുപോലെ, അവൻ യുദ്ധഭൂമിയിൽ കുലുങ്ങാതെ നിന്നു.

एवम्thus, in this manner
एवम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएवम्
एतत्this (is)
एतत्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootएतद्
Formneuter, nominative, singular
महा-राजO great king
महा-राज:
TypeNoun
Rootमहाराज
Formmasculine, vocative, singular
नर-वाजि-रथ-द्विपान्foot-soldiers, horses, chariots, and elephants
नर-वाजि-रथ-द्विपान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootनर/वाजिन्/रथ/द्विप
Formmasculine, accusative, plural
तथाand likewise
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
सःhe
सः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
सोमकान्the Somakas
सोमकान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसोमक
Formmasculine, accusative, plural
हत्वाhaving slain
हत्वा:
TypeVerb
Rootहन्
Formक्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), active
तस्थौstood, remained
तस्थौ:
TypeVerb
Rootस्था
Formperfect, 3, singular, parasmaipada
एकःalone
एकः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootएक
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
महा-रथःa great chariot-warrior
महा-रथः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमहारथ
Formmasculine, nominative, singular

संजय उवाच

S
Sañjaya
D
Dhṛtarāṣṭra (Mahārāja)
K
Karna
S
Somakas
I
infantry (nara)
C
cavalry (vāji)
C
chariots (ratha)
E
elephants (dvipa)
K
Kāla (Time/Death, as simile)

Educational Q&A

The verse underscores the epic’s vision of battlefield power as morally weighty and ultimately governed by Kāla (Time/Death): even the greatest hero’s triumph is framed as a manifestation of inexorable fate, reminding the listener that martial glory and mass destruction are inseparable in war.

Sañjaya reports to King Dhṛtarāṣṭra that Karna has slaughtered multiple divisions—infantry, cavalry, chariots, and elephants—and has also devastated the Somaka forces; after this, Karna stands alone, steady and unshaken, compared to Kāla after universal destruction.