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Shloka 302

Devanagari script

तब शत्रुओंका संहार करनेवाला राधानन्दन कर्ण उस स्वप्नकी घटनाको यथार्थ जानकर शक्ति प्राप्त करनेकी ही अभिलाषा ले इन्द्रकी प्रतीक्षा करने लगा ।। इति श्रीमहाभारते वनपर्वणि कुण्डलाहरणपर्वणि सूर्यकर्णसंवादे दयधिकत्रिशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

tataḥ śatrūṇāṃ saṃhāra-karaṇe samarthaḥ rādhānandanaḥ karṇaḥ tasya svapnasya ghaṭanāṃ yathārthaṃ jñātvā śakti-prāptiṃ prati eva abhīlāṣaṃ kṛtvā indrasya pratīkṣāṃ cakāra. iti śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi kuṇḍalāharaṇa-parvaṇi sūrya-karṇa-saṃvāde pañcādhika-triśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ.

Translation

అప్పుడు శత్రుసంహారకుడు, రాధానందనుడు కర్ణుడు ఆ స్వప్నవృత్తాంతాన్ని సత్యనిమిత్తముగా గ్రహించి, శక్తి-లాభమే కోరుతూ ఇంద్రుని ఆగమనాన్ని ఎదురుచూచెను. ఇట్లు శ్రీమహాభారతం వనపర్వమున కుండలాహరణపర్వములో సూర్య-కర్ణ సంభాషణాంతర్గత ३०५వ అధ్యాయము సమాప్తము.

Word by Word

तदाthen

शत्रूणाम्of enemies

संहारम्destruction

कर्तुम्to do / to make

राधानन्दनःRadha's son (Karna)

कर्णःKarna

तस्यof that

स्वप्नस्यof the dream

घटनाम्event/occurrence

यथार्थम्as true / correctly

ज्ञात्वाhaving known

शक्तिम्power (the spear/weapon 'Śakti')

प्राप्तुम्to obtain

एवindeed/only

अभिलाषयाwith desire

इन्द्रस्यof Indra

प्रतीक्षाम्waiting

चकारdid / began (to do)

इतिthus

श्रीमहाभारतेin the Śrī Mahābhārata

वनपर्वणिin the Vana-parvan

कुण्डलाहरणपर्वणिin the section 'The taking of the earrings'

सूर्यकर्णसंवादेin the dialogue of Sūrya and Karṇa

द्व्यधिकत्रिशततमःthree-hundred-and-two (302nd)

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Karna

Rādhā

Indra

Śakti (divine spear/weapon)

Sūrya

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how foreknowledge and omens can shape human choice: Karna, recognizing a dream as true, directs his will toward acquiring power (the śakti). Ethically, it underscores the tension between seeking strength for victory and the broader demands of dharma—how intention and attachment to outcomes can steer one’s actions.

What is happening in the narrative?

After receiving a warning through the Surya–Karna exchange and interpreting the dream as a real sign, Karna focuses on obtaining Indra’s śakti. He therefore waits for Indra, anticipating the encounter that will lead to the famed episode of giving away his natural protections (earrings/armor) in exchange for a boon.