Shloka 65

Devanagari script

अनन्तवीर्येण च केशवेन नारायणेनाप्रतिमेन गुप्त: । वर्षायुतैर्यस्थ गुणा न शक्‍्या वक्तुं समेतैरपि सर्वलोकै:

Transliteration

anantavīryeṇa ca keśavena nārāyaṇenāpratimenā guptaḥ | varṣāyutair yasya guṇā na śakyā vaktuṃ sametair api sarvalokaiḥ ||

Translation

เขาได้รับการคุ้มครองจากเกศวะ—นารายณ์ผู้มีเดชอนันต์และหาผู้เสมอมิได้ คุณธรรมของเขานั้น ต่อให้สรรพโลกพร้อมใจกันมาชุมนุม ก็ยังไม่อาจพรรณนาให้ครบถ้วนได้ แม้จะกล่าวกันตลอดหมื่น ๆ ปี

Word by Word

अनन्तवीर्येणby the one of infinite prowess

चand

केशवेनby Keśava (Krishna)

नारायणेनby Nārāyaṇa

अप्रतिमेनby the incomparable (one)

गुप्तःprotected/guarded

वर्षायुतैःby tens of thousands of years

यस्यwhose

गुणाःqualities/attributes

नnot

शक्याःpossible (to be done)/able (to be described)

वक्तुम्to speak, to describe

समेतैःeven if assembled/together

अपिeven, also

सर्वलोकैःby all the worlds/people of all worlds

Speaker

कर्ण उवाच

Characters & Entities

Karna

Keśava (Kṛṣṇa)

Nārāyaṇa

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 underscores the idea of divine incomparability and providential protection: when Nārāyaṇa (Kṛṣṇa) safeguards someone, that protection is beyond ordinary measure, and the Lord’s virtues exceed the limits of collective human (and cosmic) description—inviting humility and recognition of a higher moral order operating within the war.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the midst of the Karṇa Parva’s battle context, Karṇa speaks in admiration and acknowledgment of Keśava/Kṛṣṇa’s supreme power and virtues, implying that the one under Kṛṣṇa’s protection stands under an unmatched guardian—an important reflection on why certain outcomes in the war appear inevitable.