Shloka 32

कर्णभीमयुद्धम्

Karna–Bhīma Combat Report

Devanagari script

सा राजभुजनिर्मुक्ता निर्मुक्तोरगसंनिभा । प्रज्वालयन्ती गगनं दिश: सप्रदिशस्तथा

Transliteration

sā rājabhujanirmuktā nirmuktoragasaṁnibhā | prajvālayantī gaganaṁ diśaḥ sapradiśas tathā ||

Translation

ସଞ୍ଜୟ କହିଲେ—ରାଜାଙ୍କ ଭୁଜାରୁ ମୁକ୍ତ ହୋଇଥିବା ସେଇ ଶକ୍ତି, କେଞ୍ଚୁଳି ଛାଡ଼ି ମୁକ୍ତ ହୋଇଥିବା ସର୍ପ ପରି, ଜ୍ୱଳି ଉଠିଲା; ଯେନେ ଆକାଶକୁ ଓ ଦିଗ-ଉପଦିଗକୁ ମଧ୍ୟ ଦହନ କରୁଛି ବୋଲି ଲାଗିଲା।

Word by Word

• सा: she
• सा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• राजभुजनिर्मुक्ता: released from the king's arms
• राजभुजनिर्मुक्ता: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर्मुक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; धातु: मुच् + निर्)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• निर्मुक्त: freed, released
• निर्मुक्त: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर्मुक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; धातु: मुच् + निर्)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• उरगसंनिभा: resembling a serpent
• उरगसंनिभा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संनिभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• प्रज्वालयन्ती: blazing/setting ablaze
• प्रज्वालयन्ती: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रज्वालयत् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; धातु: ज्वल्/ज्वल्-णिच् = ज्वालय + प्र)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• गगनम्: the sky
• गगनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गगन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• दिशः: the directions
• दिशः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिश् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• सप्रदिशः: the intermediate directions as well
• सप्रदिशः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रदिश् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• तथा: also, likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• the king (rāja)
• a woman referred to as 'she' (sā)
• sky (gagana)
• directions/quarters (diśaḥ, pradiśaḥ)
• serpent (uraga)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse uses a vivid simile to suggest that once a potent force is released from restraint, it can spread uncontrollably and consume its surroundings; ethically, it cautions against unleashing violence or power without foresight and responsibility.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes a figure (referred to as 'she') being freed from the king’s grasp and then appearing fiercely radiant—like a serpent freed of its slough—so intense that it seems to set the sky and all directions ablaze.