Shloka 39
Devanagari script
कर्णोडपि समरे राजन् विधूमोडग्निरिव ज्वलन्
Transliteration
karṇo 'pi samare rājan vidhūmo 'gnir iva jvalan
Translation
သဉ္ဇယက ပြောသည်– အို မင်းကြီး၊ စစ်မြေပြင်၌ မီးခိုးမရှိသော မီးကဲ့သို့ တောက်လောင်နေသည့် ကဏ္ဏသည်ပင် ပြင်းထန်သော တောက်ပမှုဖြင့် ထင်ရှားလင်းလက်လာ၏—စစ်အတွင်း၌ အတားအဆီးမရှိသော သန့်စင်သော စစ်စွမ်းအင်၏ ပုံရိပ်တစ်ရပ်ပင် ဖြစ်၏။
Word by Word
कर्णःKarna
कर्णः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootकर्ण
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
अपिalso/even
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
समरेin battle
समरे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootसमर
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
राजन्O king
राजन्:
TypeNoun
Rootराजन्
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
विधूमःsmokeless
विधूमः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootविधूम
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
अग्निःfire
अग्निः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
इवlike/as
इव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
ज्वलन्blazing/burning
ज्वलन्:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootज्वल्
Formशतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular
Speaker
संजय उवाच
Characters & Entities
K
KarnaD
DhritarashtraA
Agni (fire)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
The verse highlights the ideal of undistracted, resolute energy in the performance of one’s role—here, the kṣatriya’s battlefield duty—using the metaphor of a smokeless fire to suggest intensity without obscuration.
Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that Karṇa is fiercely radiant on the battlefield, comparing his presence and power to a bright, smokeless flame as the fighting continues in the Karṇa Parva.