Shloka 62

Devanagari script

प्रताप्य सेनामामित्रीं दीप्तै: शरगभस्तिभि: । बलिनार्जुनकालेन नीतो><स्तं कर्णभास्कर:

Transliteration

pratāpya senām āmitrīṁ dīptaiḥ śaragabhastibhiḥ | balinārjunakālena nīto 'staṁ karṇabhāskaraḥ ||

Translation

ଦୀପ୍ତ ଶର-କିରଣରେ ଶତ୍ରୁସେନାକୁ ତପାଇ, ସୂର୍ଯ୍ୟସମ କର୍ଣ୍ଣକୁ ବଳବାନ ଅର୍ଜୁନ—ରଣରେ ଯେନ କାଳ ସ୍ୱୟଂ—ଅସ୍ତକୁ ନେଇଗଲେ।

Word by Word

• प्रताप्य: having scorched/afflicted
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रतप् (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), कर्तरि

• सेनाम्: the army
• सेनाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सेना
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• अमित्रीम्: of the enemy / hostile
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमित्री
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• दीप्तैः: with blazing
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दीप्त
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• शरगभस्तिभिः: by rays/streams of arrows
• शरगभस्तिभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर-गभस्ति
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• बलिना: by the mighty (one)
• बलिना: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बलिन्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• अर्जुनकालेन: by Arjuna, the Time (i.e., by Arjuna as Death/Time)
• अर्जुनकालेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्जुन-काल
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• नीतः: was led/brought
• Type: Verb
• Root: नी (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular, कर्मणि

• अस्तम्: to setting/downfall (sunset)
• अस्तम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्त
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• कर्णभास्करः: Karna, the sun (i.e., sun-like Karna)
• कर्णभास्करः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्ण-भास्कर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Karṇa
• Arjuna
• enemy army (āmitrī senā)
• arrows (śara)
• sun (bhāskara) (metaphor)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse uses the sun-setting metaphor to show that even the most radiant warrior-power is subject to Kāla (Time) and the larger moral-inevitable movement of the war. Heroism burns brightly, yet it must yield when destiny and consequence converge.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes Karṇa fiercely scorching the opposing forces with brilliant arrow-volleys, but then being ‘set’—overcome and brought down—by the mighty Arjuna, portrayed as Time itself.