Shloka 58

Devanagari script

प्रममाथ शिने: पौत्रं कर्ण: सायकवृष्टिभि: । अमृष्यमाणो निधनं कौरव्यजलसंधयो:,कर्णने भूरिश्रवा और जलसंधके वधको सहन न करनेके कारण अपने बाणोंकी वर्षासे शिनिपौत्र सात्यकिको मथ डाला

Transliteration

pramamātha śineḥ pautraṃ karṇaḥ sāyakavṛṣṭibhiḥ | amṛṣyamāṇo nidhanaṃ kauravyajalasandhayoḥ ||

Translation

సంజయుడు పలికెను—భూరిశ్రవుడు మరియు కౌరవవీరుడు జలసంధుడు వధింపబడినదాన్ని సహించలేక కర్ణుడు బాణవృష్టితో శినిపౌత్రుడైన సాత్యకిని బలంగా మథించాడు.

Word by Word

प्रममाथcrushed, struck down

शिनेःof Śini

पौत्रम्grandson

कर्णःKarna

सायक-वृष्टिभिःwith showers of arrows

अमृष्यमाणःnot enduring, unable to tolerate

निधनम्death, destruction

कौरव्य-जलसन्ध्योःof (the two) Kauravya and Jalasandha

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Karṇa

Śini

Sātyaki (Śinipautra)

Bhūriśravas

Jalasaṃdha

arrows (sāyaka)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how, in war, personal grief and wounded pride can eclipse restraint, turning loss into immediate retaliation. It implicitly warns that anger born of bereavement intensifies violence and perpetuates cycles of retribution.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that Karṇa, provoked by the deaths of Bhūriśravas and the Kaurava Jalasaṃdha, unleashes a heavy barrage of arrows and overpowers Sātyaki, identified as the grandson of Śini.