Shloka 7

अध्याय २९: कर्णस्य शल्यं प्रति शापस्मरणं च युद्धनिश्चयः | Chapter 29: Karṇa recalls curses to Śalya and declares resolve for battle

Devanagari script

अथ तव नरदेव सैनिका- स्‍्तव च सुता: सुरसूनुसंनिभा: । अमितबलपुर:सरा रणे कुरुवृषभा: शिनिपौत्रमभ्ययु:

Transliteration

atha tava naradeva sainikās tava ca sutāḥ surasūnusaṃnibhāḥ | amitabalapuraḥsarā raṇe kuruvṛṣabhāḥ śinipautram abhyayuḥ ||

Translation

பின்பு, அரசே, உமது படைவீரரும், தேவர்புதல்வரைப் போல ஒளிவீசும் உமது புதல்வரும், அளவற்ற வலமுடைய வீரர்கள் முன்னணியில் நின்று போரில் முன்னேறினர்; குருகுலத்தின் அந்தச் சிறந்த காளைகள் சினிப்பௌத்திரனை நோக்கி பாய்ந்தனர்.

Word by Word

अथthen

तवof you/your

नरदेवO king (god among men)

सैनिकाःsoldiers

त्ववof you/your

चand

सुताःsons

सुरसूनुसंनिभाःlike the sons of the gods

अमितबलपुरःसराःhaving immeasurable strength as their vanguard / led by one of boundless might

रणेin battle

कुरुवृषभाःbulls among the Kurus (foremost Kurus)

शिनिपौत्रम्the grandson/descendant of Śini (Arjuna)

अभ्ययुःattacked/advanced against

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Dhṛtarāṣṭra (addressed as naradeva)

Kaurava soldiers

sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra (the Kauravas)

Śini

Śinipautra (Sātyaki)

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 martial pride—strength, lineage, and leadership—can propel men into violence. Ethically, it points to the tragic momentum of war: even ‘godlike’ princes and mighty leaders rush forward, while the deeper dharmic cost of attacking kin and allies remains implicit.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that the Kaurava troops and Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s sons, led by very powerful warriors, advance in the battle and charge against Śini’s descendant—Sātyaki.