Shloka 29

कर्णभीमसेनयुद्धम् | Karṇa–Bhīmasena Engagement

Chapter 111

Devanagari script

बललाघवसम्पन्न: सम्पन्नो विक्रमेण च

Transliteration

balalāghavasampannaḥ sampanno vikrameṇa ca

Translation

సంజయుడు పలికెను—అతడు బలముతోను చురుకుదనముతోను సమృద్ధుడై, పరాక్రమములోను నిష్ణాతుడై యుండెను।

Word by Word

• बललाघवसम्पन्नः: endowed with strength and agility
• बललाघवसम्पन्नः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बल-लाघव-सम्पन्न
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सम्पन्नः: accomplished; endowed
• सम्पन्नः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्पन्न
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• विक्रमेण: by/with prowess (valor)
• विक्रमेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विक्रम
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores that true battlefield effectiveness combines multiple virtues—strength (bala), agility (lāghava), and valor (vikrama). In the Mahābhārata’s moral vision, such capacities are ethically significant: they must be governed by dharma, otherwise they magnify harm.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya is describing a warrior’s qualities during the Drona Parva battle narrative, emphasizing his physical prowess and proven courage as a way to frame the intensity and danger of the ongoing combat.