Shloka 16

Nārada’s Account of the Kaliṅga Svayaṃvara: Duryodhana’s Seizure and Karṇa’s Escort

Devanagari script

तेडभ्यधावन्त संक्रुद्धा: कर्णदुर्योधनावु भौ । शरवर्षाणि मुज्चन्तो मेघा: पर्वतयोरिव

Transliteration

teḍabhyadhāvanta saṅkruddhāḥ karṇa-duryodhanāv ubhau | śaravarṣāṇi muñcanto meghāḥ parvatayor iva ||

Translation

Нарада сказал: В ярости они ринулись на Карну и Дурьодхану обоих, осыпая их дождём стрел — словно тучи, проливающие потоки на две горы. Этот образ подчёркивает: когда гнев вырвался наружу, распря становится потопом, сметающим сдержанность и верное суждение.

Word by Word

• ते: they (those men)
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• अभ्यधावन्त: ran towards / charged
• अभ्यधावन्त: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: धाव्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• संक्रुद्धाः: enraged
• संक्रुद्धाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संक्रुद्ध
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• कर्ण: Karna
• कर्ण: Karma
• Type: Noun (Proper)
• Root: कर्ण
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• दुर्योधनौ: Duryodhana
• दुर्योधनौ: Karma
• Type: Noun (Proper)
• Root: दुर्योधन
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• उभौ: both
• उभौ: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उभ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Dual

• शरवर्षाणि: showers of arrows
• शरवर्षाणि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर-वर्ष
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• मुञ्चन्तः: releasing / discharging
• मुञ्चन्तः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच्
• Form: Present participle (Parasmaipada), Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• मेघाः: clouds
• मेघाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मेघ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• पर्वतयोः: on/among (two) mountains
• पर्वतयोः: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वत
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Dual

• इव: like / as if
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Karṇa
• Duryodhana
• arrows (śara)
• clouds (megha)
• mountains (parvata)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how uncontrolled anger (krodha) escalates conflict into overwhelming violence; the poetic comparison to clouds drenching mountains suggests the sheer force of aggression and the ethical need for restraint and discernment even amid hostility.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada describes combatants charging at Karṇa and Duryodhana in great fury and showering them with arrows, likened to clouds raining torrents upon two mountains.