Shloka 19

Devanagari script

स कर्ण सायकानष्टौ व्यसृजत्‌ क्रोधमूर्च्छित:

Transliteration

sa karṇa-sāyakān aṣṭau vyasṛjat krodha-mūrcchitaḥ

Translation

स कर्णः क्रोधमूर्च्छितः सायकानष्टौ व्यसृजत्।

Word by Word

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

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

• सायकान्: arrows
• सायकान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सायक
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• अष्टौ: eight
• अष्टौ: Karma
• Type: Numeral
• Root: अष्टन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• व्यसृजत्: released, discharged
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + सृज्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), Third, Singular

• क्रोधमूर्च्छितः: overcome (fainted) with anger
• क्रोधमूर्च्छितः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्रोधमूर्च्छित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Karṇa
• arrows (sāyaka)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the ethical danger of krodha (anger): when a warrior is overwhelmed by wrath, action becomes rapid and forceful, but discernment can narrow—an implicit warning about emotional mastery even amid righteous or fated conflict.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya narrates that Karṇa, seized by anger, shoots eight arrows in quick succession, indicating an intensified exchange in the battle scene.