Shloka 283
Devanagari script
चतुर्दशभिरत्युग्रैनराचैरविचारयन् । तब कर्णने कुछ विचार न करके अत्यन्त भयंकर एवं सुवर्णभूषित चौदह नाराचोंसे भीमसेनको भी घायल कर दिया
Transliteration
caturdaśabhir atyugrair narācair avicārayan |
Translation
सञ्जय उवाच— कर्णोऽविचारयन् चतुर्दशभिरत्युग्रैर्नाराचैर्भीमसेनं समाहत्य व्यथयामास।
Word by Word
चतुर्दशभिःwith fourteen
चतुर्दशभिः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootचतुर्दश
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Plural
अत्युग्रैःvery fierce
अत्युग्रैः:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootअत्युग्र
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Plural
नराचैःwith iron arrows (narācas)
नराचैः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootनराच
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Plural
अविचारयन्not considering / without deliberating
अविचारयन्:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootवि-चर्
FormPresent, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada, Active
Speaker
संजय उवाच
Characters & Entities
S
SañjayaK
KarṇaB
BhīmasenaN
narāca (arrows)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Cross References
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the moral tension in warfare: when one acts 'avicārayan' (without reflection), skill and power can become instruments of impulsive harm. It implicitly values deliberation and self-restraint even amid kṣatriya combat.
During the Drona Parva battle, Karṇa, acting without hesitation, shoots fourteen fierce narāca arrows at Bhīmasena and wounds him, intensifying the duel and the ferocity of the ongoing conflict.