Shloka 48

Devanagari script

तमाह कर्ण: पुनरेव नागं तदा55जिमध्ये रविसूनुसत्तम:

Transliteration

tam āha karṇaḥ punar eva nāgaṃ tadā yuddhamadhye ravisūnusattamaḥ

Translation

ထိုအခါ ကာဏ္ဏ—နေမင်း၏ သားတော်တို့အနက် အမြတ်ဆုံးသူ—စစ်မြေကွင်းအလယ်၌ ဆင်ကဲ့သို့ အင်အားကြီးသော စစ်သူရဲကို ထပ်မံခေါ်၍ အရေးကြီးသော တိုက်ပွဲအခိုက်အတန့်၌ မိမိစကားကို ပြန်လည်တိုးတက်ပြောကြား하였다။

Word by Word

तम्him

आहsaid

कर्णःKarna

पुनःagain

एवindeed/just

नागम्the serpent (Naga)

तदाthen

अजि-मध्येin the midst of the battle

रवि-सूनु-सत्तमःthe best of the Sun's sons (Karna)

Speaker

कर्ण उवाच

Characters & Entities

क

कर्ण (Karṇa)

र

रवि/सूर्य (Ravi/Sūrya, the Sun)

न

नाग (nāga—elephant, used as an epithet for a mighty warrior)

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 the kṣatriya ideal of steadfastness: even amid chaos, a warrior-leader continues to speak with resolve—reasserting intention, challenge, or counsel—showing persistence and clarity under pressure.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the middle of the fighting, Karṇa again addresses a formidable opponent or champion (described metaphorically as a ‘nāga,’ an elephant), indicating a renewed exchange of words—typically a challenge, rebuke, or declaration—within the ongoing combat scene.