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Shloka 97

हस्तिकक्षो महानस्य भल्लेनोन्मथितस्त्वया । प्रकम्पमान: पततु भूमावाधिरथेर्ध्वज:,“आज हाथीके रस्सेके चिह्नसे युक्त अधिरथपुत्र कर्णका विशाल ध्वज तुम्हारे भलल्‍लसे कटकर काँपता हुआ इस पृथ्वीपर गिर पड़े

hastikakṣo mahān asya bhallena unmathitas tvayā | prakampamānaḥ patatu bhūmāv ādhirather dhvajaḥ ||

สัญชัยกล่าวว่า “ธงใหญ่ของกรรณะ ผู้มีเครื่องหมายเป็นเชือกช้าง ถูกลูกศรคมของท่านตัดขาดแล้ว ขอให้ธงของบุตรแห่งอธิรถะนั้นสั่นระริกและตกลงสู่พื้นพิภพเถิด”

हस्तिकक्षःthe elephant-girth/elephant-strap (mark/feature)
हस्तिकक्षः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootहस्तिकक्ष
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
महान्great, huge
महान्:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootमहत्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
अस्यof this (one)
अस्य:
Adhikarana
TypePronoun
Rootइदम्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular
भल्लेनwith a bhalla-arrow
भल्लेन:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootभल्ल
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
उन्मथितःtorn off / wrenched out / cut away
उन्मथितः:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootउन्मथ्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular, Past passive participle (क्त)
त्वयाby you
त्वया:
Karana
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
Form—, Instrumental, Singular
प्रकम्पमानःtrembling, shaking
प्रकम्पमानः:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootप्रकम्प्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular, Present active participle (शतृ)
पततुlet (it) fall
पततु:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootपत्
FormImperative (लोट्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
भूमौon the ground
भूमौ:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootभूमि
FormFeminine, Locative, Singular
आधिरथेःof Adhiratha (i.e., Karna’s foster-father); hence ‘of Karna’
आधिरथेः:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootआधिरथि
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
ध्वजःbanner, standard
ध्वजः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootध्वज
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular

संजय उवाच

S
Sañjaya
K
Karna (Ādhiratha-putra)
D
dhvaja (banner/standard)
B
bhalla (arrow)

Educational Q&A

The verse highlights how external symbols of status—like a warrior’s banner—can be swiftly brought down in the flux of battle. It underscores the Mahābhārata’s recurring ethical reminder: pride and reputation are fragile, and martial glory is impermanent, subject to fate, skill, and the moral weight of one’s actions.

Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that Karna’s large standard, distinguished by an elephant-rope emblem, has been severed by the opponent’s bhalla arrow and is falling, trembling, to the ground—an immediate sign of Karna being struck and symbolically checked in the ongoing duel.