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Shloka 25

अध्याय ६० — कर्णस्य पाञ्चाल-सोमक-निग्रहः

Karna’s Suppression of the Panchala–Somaka Forces

महाराज! तदनन्तर महाबली कर्ण रूईके ढेरको वायुकी भाँति पाण्डव-सेनाओंको तहस-नहस करने लगा ।।

sañjaya uvāca |

mahārāja! tadanantaraṁ mahābalī karṇaḥ rathīka-śreṣṭha iva vāyuvat pāṇḍava-senāṁs tathāsa-nahasaṁ kartuṁ pravavṛte ||

dhṛṣṭadyumno mahārāja tava putreṇa pīḍitaḥ |

duḥśāsanaṁ tribhir bāṇaiḥ pratyavidhyat stanāntare ||

महाराज, त्यानंतर महाबली कर्ण वाऱ्यासारखा कापसाच्या ढिगाला जसा उध्वस्त करतो तसा पांडवसेनेचा संहार करू लागला. तेव्हा, महाराज, तुमच्या पुत्राने छळलेला धृष्टद्युम्नाने दुःशासनाच्या छातीत तीन बाण रोवून त्याला खोलवर भेदले।

धृष्टद्युम्नःDhrishtadyumna
धृष्टद्युम्नः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootधृष्टद्युम्न
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
महाराजO great king
महाराज:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootमहाराज
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
तवof you/your
तव:
Adhikarana
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
Form—, Genitive, Singular
पुत्रेणby (your) son
पुत्रेण:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootपुत्र
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
पीडितःafflicted/harassed
पीडितः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootपीडित
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
दुःशासनम्Duhshasana
दुःशासनम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootदुःशासन
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
त्रिभिःwith three
त्रिभिः:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootत्रि
Form—, Instrumental, Plural
बाणैःwith arrows
बाणैः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootबाण
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Plural
प्रत्यविध्यत्pierced/struck
प्रत्यविध्यत्:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootवि + व्यध् (प्रति-उपसर्गयुक्त)
FormImperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular
स्तनान्तरेin the chest/breast-region
स्तनान्तरे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootस्तनान्तर
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular

संजय उवाच

S
Sañjaya
D
Dhṛtarāṣṭra (addressed as Mahārāja/Rājendra)
K
Karna
P
Pāṇḍava army
D
Dhṛṣṭadyumna
D
Duḥśāsana
A
arrows (bāṇa)

Educational Q&A

The verse highlights the battlefield ethic of kṣatriya-dharma: force is met with counter-force, and prowess brings immediate consequences. It also underscores the moral tension of war—valor and retaliation operate within a tragic cycle where skill and duty do not erase suffering.

After Karṇa begins devastating the Pāṇḍava ranks like a storm, Dhṛṣṭadyumna—under pressure from Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s son Duḥśāsana—responds by piercing Duḥśāsana in the chest with three arrows.