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Shloka 27

कर्णनिधनश्रवणम् — Hearing of Karṇa’s Fall and Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Lament

Devanagari script

राजा भगीर थो वृद्धो बृहत्क्षत्रश्न केकय: । पराक्रमन्तौ विक्रान्ती निहतौ वीर्यवत्तरो

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | rājā bhagīratho vṛddho bṛhatkṣatraś ca kekayaḥ | parākramantau vikrāntau nihatau vīryavattarau ||

Translation

Wika ni Sañjaya: Ang matandang haring Bhāgīratha at si Bṛhatkṣatra, pinuno ng mga Kekaya—kapwa lubhang malakas at magiting—ay napatay habang ipinakikita ang kanilang giting sa digmaan. Ipinahihiwatig ng taludtod ang walang pinipiling pagwasak ng digmaan: maging ang mga bantog at makapangyarihang matatanda ay bumabagsak kapag natatakpan ang dharma ng nagngangalit na labanan.

Word by Word

राजाking

भगीरथःBhagīratha

वृद्धःold, aged

बृहत्क्षत्रःBṛhatkṣatra (name; lit. 'great warrior/sovereignty')

केकयःthe Kekaya (king/person of Kekaya)

पराक्रमन्तौexerting valor, displaying prowess (the two)

विक्रान्तौvaliant, heroic (the two)

निहतौslain (the two)

वीर्यवत्तरौvery mighty, full of valor (the two)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Bhāgīratha

Bṛhatkṣatra

Kekaya (kingdom/people)

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 highlights the inexorable cost of war: valor and status do not protect even powerful elders. It invites reflection on how martial duty (kṣatriya-dharma) operates within the larger tragedy where many fall despite courage.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports battlefield deaths: the aged king Bhāgīratha and Bṛhatkṣatra, the Kekaya ruler, are slain while fighting bravely.