Shloka 33

Chapter 136: Pandava Counter-Encirclement and the Vāyavya-Astra Disruption

Devanagari script

स विह्वलो महाराज कर्णो भीमशराहत:

Transliteration

sa vihvalo mahārāja karṇo bhīmaśarāhataḥ

Translation

सञ्जय उवाच—स विह्वलो महाराज कर्णो भीमशराहतः । व्यथितो मोहितश्चैव रणवेगेन पीडितः ॥

Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• विह्वलः: bewildered, distressed
• विह्वलः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विह्वल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• महाराज: O great king
• महाराज: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाराज
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• कर्णः: Karna
• कर्णः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्ण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भीमशराहतः: struck by Bhima's arrows
• भीमशराहतः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भीम-शर-आहत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Karṇa
• Bhīma
• arrows (śara)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even the mightiest warrior can be shaken when struck by intense adversity; the verse highlights the human vulnerability beneath martial pride and the ethical gravity of war, where suffering and loss of composure are inevitable consequences.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that Karṇa has been hit by Bhīma’s arrows and, as a result, becomes distressed and unsteady on the battlefield.