Shloka 27

कर्णपुत्रवधः (The Fall of Vṛṣasena) — Karṇa Parva, Adhyāya 62

Devanagari script

पश्यैनं भीमसेनेन ग्रस्तमाहवशोभिनम्‌

Transliteration

paśyainaṃ bhīmasenena grastam āhavaśobhinam

Translation

သဉ္ဇယက ပြောသည်– «စစ်မြေကို အလှဆင်ခဲ့သော ထိုသူရဲကောင်းကို ကြည့်လော့—ဘီမစೇန၏ လက်ထဲတွင် စစ်ပွဲအလယ်၌ ဖမ်းဆီးခံရပြီ»။

Word by Word

• पश्य: see! behold!
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (पश्य-आदेश)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), 2, singular, परस्मैपद

• एनम्: this one / him
• एनम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (एतद्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• भीमसेनेन: by Bhimasena
• भीमसेनेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीमसेन
• Form: masculine, instrumental, singular

• ग्रस्तम्: seized, swallowed up, overpowered
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ग्रस् (क्त)
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• आहवशोभिनम्: splendid in battle / adorning the battlefield
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आहवशोभिन्
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Bhīmasena
• battlefield (āhava)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even the most battle-renowned warrior can be suddenly overpowered; the verse highlights the fragility of martial glory and the swift reversals that occur in war, urging humility and discernment about worldly fame.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that a prominent fighter—described as an ornament of the battlefield—has been seized/overpowered by Bhīmasena during combat, marking a decisive turn in that encounter.