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Shloka 3

अध्याय ६० — कर्णस्य पाञ्चाल-सोमक-निग्रहः

Karna’s Suppression of the Panchala–Somaka Forces

Devanagari script

संजय उवाच (क्षयस्तेषां महाञ्जातो राजन दुर्मन्त्रिते तव ।।

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | kṣayas teṣāṁ mahān jāto rājan durmantrite tava || dṛṣṭvā bhīmaṁ mahābāhuṁ sūtaputraḥ pratāpavān | krodharakte kṣaṇo rājan bhīmasenam upādravat ||

Translation

संजय म्हणाला—राजन्! तुमच्या कुमंत्रणेमुळे त्या कौरवांचा मोठा क्षय झाला. महाराज! महाबाहु भिमाला पाहताच प्रतापी सूतपुत्राच्या डोळ्यांत क्रोधाने रक्तिमा भरली आणि तो भिमसेनावर तुटून पडला.

Word by Word

संजयःSanjaya

उवाचsaid

क्षयःdestruction, loss

तेषाम्of them

महान्great

जातःarisen, occurred

राजन्O king

दुर्मन्त्रितेin (your) ill-counsel, in the bad plan

तवof you, your

दृष्ट्वाhaving seen

भीमम्Bhima

महाबाहुम्mighty-armed

सूतपुत्रःthe charioteer's son (Karna)

प्रतापवान्valiant, powerful

क्रोधरक्तेक्षणःwhose eyes were red with anger

राजन्O king

भीमसेनम्Bhimasena

उपाद्रवत्ran up to, attacked

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sanjaya

Dhritarashtra

Kauravas

Bhima

Bhimasena

Karna

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores moral responsibility in leadership: misguided counsel (durmantrita) leads to collective ruin (kṣaya). It also highlights how anger clouds judgment, driving warriors into destructive escalation.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sanjaya reports to Dhritarashtra that the Kauravas have suffered immense losses due to the king’s poor decisions. In the immediate battle scene, Karna, enraged upon seeing the powerful Bhima, charges to engage him.