Shloka 34

कृष्णोपदेशः, अर्जुनस्य क्षमा-याचनम्, कर्णवध-अनुज्ञा

Krishna’s Counsel, Arjuna’s Apology, and Authorization for Karṇa’s Slaying

Devanagari script

ततो युद्धम भूद्‌ घोरं कर्णपाण्डवयोरमथे

Transliteration

tato yuddham abhūd ghoraṁ karṇa-pāṇḍavayor amathe

Translation

Wika ni Sañjaya: Pagkaraan, sumiklab ang isang kakila-kilabot na labanan sa pagitan ni Karṇa at ng Pāṇḍava—isang sagupaan na hindi na mapipigil—paglala ng digmaan sa Kurukṣetra, kung saan ang pansariling tunggalian at tungkulin ay tumitigas tungo sa marahas na walang-urungan.

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (तद्-प्रातिपदिकात् अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय

• युद्धम्: battle, fight
• युद्धम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: युद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• अभूत्: became, occurred
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लुङ् (अङ्गभूत-भूतकाल), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• घोरम्: terrible, dreadful
• Type: Adjective
• Root: घोर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• कर्णपाण्डवयोः: of/in (the case of) Karna and the Pandava
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्ण + पाण्डव (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी/सप्तमी, द्विवचन

• अमथे: in the churning/struggle, in the melee
• अमथे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मथ (धातु) → अमथ (प्रातिपदिक, भाव/क्रिया-नाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Karṇa
• Pāṇḍava(s)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores how, in a dharma-war, duty and long-standing enmity can culminate in an ‘unrestrainable’ confrontation—highlighting the ethical tension between righteous obligation (kṣatriya-dharma) and the tragic momentum of violence once war is joined.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that a fierce battle has erupted between Karṇa and a Pāṇḍava, signaling a decisive and escalating phase of combat in the Karṇa Parva.