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Shloka 22

भीष्म-पर्व अध्याय १०० — त्रिगर्त-आक्रमण, भीष्म-केन्द्रित पुनर्संयोजन, तथा शक्त्यस्त्र-विनिमय

अरजोअम्बरसंवीत: सिंहखेलगतिर्नुप । शुशुभे विमलार्चिष्मान्‌ नभसीव दिवाकर:

arajo’mbara-saṁvītaḥ siṁha-khela-gatir nṛpa | śuśubhe vimalārcīṣmān nabhasīva divākaraḥ ||

ကာဏ္ဏက ပြောသည်—“အို မင်းကြီး၊ သူ၏ ကိုယ်ခန္ဓာတစ်လုံးလုံးကို အညစ်အကြေးကင်းသော အဝတ်အစားများဖြင့် ဖုံးလွှမ်းထား၏။ သူသည် ခြင်္သေ့ကဲ့သို့ ဂုဏ်မာန်ပြည့်၍ ကစားသလို လျှောက်လှမ်းကာ၊ သန့်ရှင်းသော တောက်ပမှုကြောင့် ကောင်းကင်၌ ထွန်းလင်းနေသော နေမင်းကဲ့သို့ လှပတောက်ပလေ၏။”

अरजःdustless, stainless
अरजः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootअरजस्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
अम्बर-संवीतःclad in garments
अम्बर-संवीतः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootअम्बर-संवीत
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
सिंह-खेल-गतिःone whose gait is like a lion’s sportive movement
सिंह-खेल-गतिः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootसिंह-खेल-गति
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
नृपःthe king
नृपः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootनृप
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
शुशुभेshone, was splendid
शुशुभे:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootशुभ्
FormPerfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
विमल-अर्चिष्मान्having pure radiance
विमल-अर्चिष्मान्:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootविमल-अर्चिष्मत्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
नभसिin the sky
नभसि:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootनभस्
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
इवlike, as
इव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
दिवाकरःthe sun
दिवाकरः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootदिवाकर
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular

कर्ण उवाच

K
Karna
N
nṛpa (the king addressed)
D
divākara (the sun)
S
siṁha (lion)

Educational Q&A

The verse uses classical omens of virtue and power—spotless clothing, lion-like gait, sun-like radiance—to suggest that inner resolve and righteous authority manifest outwardly. In epic ethics, such imagery supports the idea that a dharmic warrior’s presence inspires confidence and steadiness amid war.

Karna is describing a prominent figure’s appearance on the battlefield: the person is dressed in clean garments, walks with leonine confidence, and shines like the sun in the sky—an elevated portrait meant to convey formidable, auspicious heroism.