Shloka 50

Devanagari script

अहं हत्वा रणे कर्ण पुत्रं चास्य महारथम्‌

Transliteration

ahaṁ hatvā raṇe karṇa putraṁ cāsya mahāratham

Translation

Санджая сказал: «Я сразил Карну в бою и также его сына — тоже великого колесничего… (я …)». Эта строка несёт мрачную нравственную тяжесть войны: даже гибель прославленных героев и их наследников становится сухим сообщением, напоминая, что победа в дхармической брани всё равно оплачивается невозвратной человеческой ценой.

Word by Word

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• हत्वा: having slain
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन्
• Form: क्त्वा (त्वान्त अव्यय), कर्तरि

• रणे: in battle
• रणे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रण
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• कर्ण: Karna
• कर्ण: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्ण
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• पुत्रम्: son
• पुत्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अस्य: of him / his
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: —, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• महारथम्: a great chariot-warrior
• महारथम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: महारथ
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Karna
• Karna's son (unnamed here)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the ethical gravity of warfare: even when combat is framed as duty, the outcome is the destruction of eminent warriors and their lineage, reminding the listener that victory does not erase the moral and human cost.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports a battlefield outcome: Karṇa has been slain, and additionally Karṇa’s son—described as a mahāratha—has also been killed. The statement functions as a stark update within the unfolding war report.