Shloka 44

धर्मरहस्योपदेशः

Dharma-rahasya Instruction: Vows, Truth, and Non-injury

Devanagari script

स कार्मुके महावेगं भारसाधनमुत्तमम्‌ । गिरीणामपि भेत्तारं सायकं समयोजयत्‌,फिर कर्णके बाणोंसे सारा शरीर घायल हो जानेके कारण पाण्डुपुत्र भीमसेन क्रोधसे मूर्च्छित हो उठे। रोष और अमर्षसे उनकी आँखें लाल हो गयीं। उन्होंने सूतपुत्रके वधकी इच्छासे अपने धनुषपर एक अत्यन्त वेगशाली, भारसाधनमें समर्थ, उत्तम और पर्वतोंको भी विदीर्ण कर देनेवाले बाणका संधान किया

Transliteration

sa kārmuke mahāvegaṁ bhārasādhanam uttamam | girīṇām api bhettāraṁ sāyakaṁ samayojayat ||

Translation

Sañjaya berkata: Dia pun memasang pada busurnya sebatang anak panah unggul—berkelajuan dahsyat, mampu menanggung tegangan berat, dan cukup perkasa untuk membelah bahkan gunung-ganang.

Word by Word

सःhe (Bhimasena)

कार्मुकेon the bow

महावेगम्of great speed

भारसाधनम्capable of bearing/withstanding weight (powerful, weight-handling)

उत्तमम्excellent

गिरीणाम्of mountains

अपिeven

भेत्तारम्splitter, piercer

सायकम्arrow

समयोजयत्he fitted/placed (it) together; he set (the arrow) on (the bow)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

स

संजय (Sañjaya)

क

कर्मुक (bow)

स

सायक (arrow)

ग

गिरि (mountains)

भ

भीमसेन (Bhīmasena) (context from the given passage)

क

कर्ण (Karṇa) (context from the given passage)

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 how anger born of injury can intensify into a vow of vengeance, and how warfare repeatedly tests a warrior’s inner discipline. Even when martial duty demands fierce action, the ethical challenge is to keep resolve from collapsing into uncontrolled rage.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes Bhīma, badly wounded by Karṇa’s arrows, becoming enraged and preparing a supremely powerful, swift arrow on his bow, intending to kill Karṇa.