Shloka 6

Śānti-parva Adhyāya 3: Karṇa’s training under Rāma Jāmadagnya and the Bhārgava restriction on the Brahmāstra

Devanagari script

अथ कृमि: श्लेष्ममेदोमांसशोणितभोजन: । दारुणो दारुणस्पर्श: कर्णस्याभ्याशमागत:,इसी समय लार, मेदा, मांस और रक्तका आहार करनेवाला एक भयानक कीड़ा, जिसका स्पर्श (डंक मारना) बड़ा भयंकर था, कर्णके पास आया

Transliteration

atha kṛmiḥ śleṣma-medō-māṃsa-śoṇita-bhojanaḥ | dāruṇo dāruṇa-sparśaḥ karṇasyābhyāśam āgataḥ ||

Translation

ସେତେବେଳେ ଶ୍ଳେଷ୍ମା, ମେଦ, ମାଂସ ଓ ରକ୍ତ ଭୋଜନ କରୁଥିବା ଏକ ଭୟଙ୍କର କୃମି—ଯାହାର ସ୍ପର୍ଶ ଅତ୍ୟନ୍ତ ଦାରୁଣ ପୀଡାଦାୟକ—କର୍ଣ୍ଣଙ୍କ ନିକଟକୁ ଆସିଲା।

Word by Word

• अथ: then/now
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• कृमिः: a worm
• कृमिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृमि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• श्लेष्म: phlegm
• श्लेष्म: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्लेष्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• मेदः: fat
• मेदः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मेदस्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• मांस: flesh
• मांस: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मांस
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• शोणित: blood
• शोणित: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शोणित
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• भोजनः: eating/feeding on
• भोजनः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भोजन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• दारुणः: terrible/fierce
• दारुणः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दारुण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• दारुणस्पर्शः: having a dreadful touch/sting
• दारुणस्पर्शः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दारुणस्पर्श
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कर्णस्य: of Karna
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्ण
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• अभ्याशम्: nearby/into the vicinity
• अभ्याशम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अभ्याश
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• आगतः: came/arrived
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-गम्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular, active sense (गत/आगत used as intransitive)

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Karṇa
• kṛmi (worm)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores karmic causality: painful experiences can manifest as the ripening of past actions, reminding that power and status do not exempt one from ethical consequence.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada narrates that a dreadful worm, feeding on bodily substances, approaches Karṇa; its painful touch signals an impending affliction that functions as a narrative marker of suffering tied to prior causes.