Shloka 60

कर्णपर्व — अध्याय ५९

Arjuna Breaks the Encirclement; Bhīma Reinforces

Devanagari script

सेना हि धार्तराष्ट्रस्य विमुखा विक्षरद्व्रणा,इति श्रीमहाभारते कर्णपर्वणि कृष्णार्जुनसंवादे षष्टितमो5ध्याय:

Transliteration

senā hi dhārtarāṣṭrasya vimukhā vikṣarad-vraṇā | iti śrīmahābhārate karṇaparvaṇi kṛṣṇārjuna-saṃvāde ṣaṣṭitamo 'dhyāyaḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya disse: O exército dos filhos de Dhṛtarāṣṭra voltou-se em retirada, com as feridas escancaradas e sangrando. Assim, no Śrī Mahābhārata, no Karṇa Parva, no diálogo entre Kṛṣṇa e Arjuna, encerra-se o sexagésimo capítulo.

Word by Word

सेनाarmy

हिindeed/for

धार्तराष्ट्रस्यof Dhṛtarāṣṭra (i.e., the Kauravas)

विमुखाturned away/routed

विक्षरत्oozing/streaming forth

व्रणाwith/through a wound

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Dhṛtarāṣṭra (by implication in dhārtarāṣṭrasya)

Kṛṣṇa

Arjuna

Kaurava army (Dhārtarāṣṭra’s forces)

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?

Even a powerful army collapses when its cause and conduct are unrighteous and its resolve breaks; the verse highlights the visible human cost of war—wounds and suffering—and implies that adharma leads to defeat and misery.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that the Kaurava forces (Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s side) have turned away in retreat, bleeding from many wounds. The line also functions as a chapter-colophon marking the end of the 60th chapter within the Kṛṣṇa–Arjuna dialogue section of Karṇa Parva.