Shloka 29

Adhyāya 113: Karṇa–Bhīma Śaravarṣa and the Battlefield Aftermath (कर्णभीमशरवर्षः)

Devanagari script

उदीच्या दाक्षिणात्याशक्षु ये चान्येडपि महारथा: । ये च कर्णमुखा राजन्‌ रथोदारा: प्रकीर्तिता:

Transliteration

udīcyā dākṣiṇātyāś ca ye cānye 'pi mahārathāḥ | ye ca karṇamukhā rājan rathodārāḥ prakīrtitāḥ ||

Translation

သဉ္ဇယက ပြောသည်– «အရှင်မင်းကြီး၊ မြောက်ဒေသနှင့် တောင်ဒေသမှ မဟာရထ (ရထားစစ်သူရဲကြီး) များနှင့် အခြားသူတို့လည်း ရှိကြ၏။ ထိုသူတို့အနက် ကර්ဏကို ဦးဆောင်သူအဖြစ် ထင်ရှားစွာ ခေါ်ဆိုကြပြီး၊ ရထားစစ်ပညာ၌ မြင့်မြတ်၍ ထူးချွန်သော ရထားသူရဲအဖြစ် နာမည်ကြီးသူတို့ကို အလျောက် ပြောဆိုပြီးခဲ့ပြီ»။

Word by Word

उदीच्याःnortherners (northern)

दाक्षिणात्याःsoutherners (southern)

शूराःheroes, valiant men

येwho

चand

अन्येothers

अपिalso, even

महारथाःgreat chariot-warriors

येwho

चand

कर्णमुखाःwith Karna at the head (led by Karna)

राजन्O king

रथोदाराःhaving splendid chariots

प्रकीर्तिताःare proclaimed/celebrated (as)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Dhṛtarāṣṭra

Karṇa

udīcya (northern region)

dākṣiṇātya (southern region)

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 the kṣatriya-world’s emphasis on recognized excellence and responsibility in war: warriors are remembered and assessed by reputation, leadership, and proven capability (mahāratha, rathodāra), reminding that public renown in dharma-based roles carries ethical weight.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya continues reporting to King Dhṛtarāṣṭra, summarizing that the notable great chariot-warriors from various regions—especially those led by Karṇa—have been enumerated and characterized as eminent fighters.