Shloka 68

Devanagari script

ततो द्रक्ष्यसि संग्रामे यत्‌ करिष्यामि भारत । सर्वथा पाण्डवान्‌ संख्ये विजेष्ये वै समागतान्‌,ऐसा करनेपर मेरी सम्पूर्ण इच्छाओंके अनुसार सहायता सम्पन्न हो जायगी। भारत! उस समय मैं संग्राममें जो कुछ करूँगा, उसे तुम स्वयं देख लोगे। युद्धस्थलमें आये हुए समस्त पाण्डवोंको निश्चय ही मैं सब प्रकारसे जीत लूँगा

Transliteration

tato drakṣyasi saṅgrāme yat kariṣyāmi bhārata | sarvathā pāṇḍavān saṅkhye vijeṣye vai samāgatān ||

Translation

“Kemudian, wahai Bhārata, engkau akan melihat dalam peperangan apa yang akan kulakukan. Dalam pertempuran senjata, aku pasti akan menewaskan Pāṇḍava yang telah turun ke medan, dengan segala cara.”

Word by Word

ततःthen, thereafter

द्रक्ष्यसिyou will see

संग्रामेin battle

यत्what (that which)

करिष्यामिI will do

भारतO Bharata (descendant of Bharata)

सर्वथाin every way, entirely

पाण्डवान्the Pandavas

संख्येin battle, in combat

विजेष्येI will conquer

वैindeed, surely

समागतान्assembled, come together

Speaker

कर्ण उवाच

Characters & Entities

Karna

Bhārata (Duryodhana as addressee)

Pāṇḍavas

Saṅgrāma/Saṅkhya (battlefield/combat)

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 the warrior ethos of making public resolve and staking one’s reputation on action in battle; ethically, it also shows how confidence and ambition can harden into a vow that fuels escalation, regardless of the broader dharmic ambiguity of the war.

What is happening in the narrative?

Karna addresses Duryodhana (called ‘Bhārata’), promising that Duryodhana will witness his deeds in the coming fight and asserting that he will certainly defeat the assembled Pāṇḍavas on the battlefield.