Shloka 67

Devanagari script

अतीव पार्थो युधि कार्मुकिभ्यो नारायणश्षाप्रति चक्रयुद्धे । एवंविधौ पाण्डववासुदेवौ चलेत्‌ स्वदेशाद्धिमवान्‌ न कृष्णौ

Transliteration

atīva pārtho yudhi kārmukibhyo nārāyaṇaḥ śāprati cakrayuddhe | evaṃvidhau pāṇḍavavāsudevau calet svadeśāddhimavān na kṛṣṇau ||

Translation

युद्धात पार्थ (अर्जुन) सर्व धनुर्धरांपेक्षा अत्यंत श्रेष्ठ आहे आणि नारायण (श्रीकृष्ण) चक्रयुद्धात अनुपम आहे. असे हे पांडव व वासुदेव—जसा हिमालय आपल्या भूमीतून हलत नाही, तसे हे दोघे कृष्ण कधी डगमगत नाहीत.

Word by Word

अतीवexceedingly, very much

पार्थःArjuna (son of Pṛthā)

युधिin battle

कार्मुकिभ्यःfrom the bowmen/archers

नारायणःNārāyaṇa (Kṛṣṇa)

शापात्from/owing to a curse

प्रतिagainst, in return, towards

चक्रयुद्धेin the discus-fight (fight with the cakra)

एवंविधौin such a situation/of such a kind

पाण्डववासुदेवौthe two: Pāṇḍava (Arjuna) and Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa)

चलेत्would move, could depart

स्वदेशात्from (his/their) own land

हिमवान्Himavān (the Himalaya mountain)

नnot

कृष्णौthe two Kṛṣṇas (Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna as ‘Kṛṣṇa’/dark one)

Speaker

कर्ण उवाच

Characters & Entities

Karna

Arjuna (Pārtha)

Kṛṣṇa (Nārāyaṇa, Vāsudeva)

Himālaya (Himavān)

bow (kārmuka)

discus (cakra)

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 highlights steadfast excellence: Arjuna’s unsurpassed mastery among archers and Kṛṣṇa’s unmatched divine prowess with the discus. Their firmness is compared to the immovability of the Himālaya, suggesting that true strength includes unwavering resolve and dependable alliance.

What is happening in the narrative?

Karna, speaking amid the pressures of the Kurukṣetra war, acknowledges the extraordinary capabilities of his opponents—Arjuna and Kṛṣṇa. By praising their superiority and steadiness, he frames them as nearly unassailable forces in battle.