Shloka 3

Devanagari script

विदितास्त्रस्तत: कर्णो रममाणो<55श्रमे भूगो: । चकार वै धर्नुवेदे 4204 कक के : ३ |। ब्रह्मास्त्रका ज्ञान प्राप्त कर्ण परशुरामजीके आश्रममें प्रसन्नतापूर्वक रहने लगा। उस अदभुत पराक्रमी वीरने धनुर्वेदके अभ्यासके लिये बड़ा परिश्रम किया,इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि कर्णास्त्रप्राप्ति्नाम तृतीयो<5ध्याय:

Transliteration

viditāstras tataḥ karṇo ramamāṇo ’śrame bhṛgoḥ | cakāra vai dhanurvede mahān yatnaṃ nararṣabha ||

Translation

विदितास्त्रस्ततः कर्णो रममाणो भृगोराश्रमे । चकार वै धनुर्वेदे महत् श्रममनुत्तमः ॥

Word by Word

विदितknown, learned

अस्त्रःweapon (missile-weapon)

ततःthen, thereafter

कर्णःKarna

रममाणःenjoying, delighting

आश्रमेin the hermitage

भृगोःof Bhṛgu (i.e., of the Bhṛgu-line sage)

चकारdid, performed

वैindeed

धनुर्वेदेin the science of archery

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

Nārada

Karṇa

Bhṛgu (Bhārgava lineage)

Āśrama (hermitage)

Dhanurveda

Astra (weapons, including Brahmāstra per the prose gloss)

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?

Excellence arises from sustained effort and disciplined practice. Even after gaining knowledge of weapons, Karṇa continues rigorous training in dhanurveda, highlighting that mastery is maintained and deepened through ongoing self-exertion and adherence to a teacher’s regimen.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada describes Karṇa after acquiring knowledge of astras: he stays happily in the Bhārgava (Bhṛgu/Paraśurāma) hermitage and undertakes intense practice of archery to perfect his martial skill.