Shloka 65

Devanagari script

कर्णार्जुनविवादेन सर्व संशयितं जगत्‌ | स्वयम्भो ब्रूहि नस्तथ्यमेतयोर्विजयं प्रभो

Transliteration

karṇārjunavivādena sarvaṁ saṁśayitaṁ jagat | svayambho brūhi nas tathyam etayor vijayaṁ prabho ||

Translation

सञ्जय उवाच— कर्णार्जुनविवादेन सर्वं संशयितं जगत्। स्वयम्भो ब्रूहि नस्तथ्यम्—एतयोर्विजयं प्रभो॥

Word by Word

कर्णार्जुनविवादेनby the dispute between Karna and Arjuna

सर्वम्all (everything)

संशयितम्made doubtful / thrown into doubt

जगत्the world

स्वयम्भोO Self-born (Brahmā)

ब्रूहिtell (speak)

नःto us

तथ्यम्the truth

एतयोःof these two

विजयम्victory

प्रभोO Lord

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Karna

Arjuna

Sanjaya

Svayambhu (Brahma/Creator)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how great moral and martial confrontations generate uncertainty for the wider world, and it frames the desire for certainty as a turn toward higher, impartial truth—seeking a verdict beyond partisan hope.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that the impending or ongoing clash between Karṇa and Arjuna has made everyone anxious and unsure of the outcome, and he appeals to the Self-born Lord (Svayambhū) to declare truthfully which of the two will attain victory.