Shloka 5

Devanagari script

शीघ्र गच्छत भद्ठरं वो राधेयं परिरक्षत । भीमसेनभयागाधे मज्जन्तं व्यसनार्णवे

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | śīghraṁ gacchata bhadraṁ vo rādheyaṁ parirakṣata | bhīmasenabhayāgādhe majjantaṁ vyasanārṇave ||

Translation

Sinabi ni Sañjaya: “Nawa’y mapasa-inyo ang kagalingan. Magmadali kayo at ipagtanggol si Rādheya (Karna). Siya’y lumulubog sa walang-hanggang dagat ng kapahamakan, na lalong lumalalim dahil sa takot kay Bhīmasena.”

Word by Word

• शीघ्रम्: quickly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शीघ्र
• Form: Avyaya (adverb)

• गच्छत: go (you all)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: Imperative (loṭ), 2nd person, plural, parasmaipada

• भद्रम्: welfare, good fortune
• भद्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भद्र
• Form: Neuter, accusative, singular

• वः: of you / your
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Genitive, plural (enclitic)

• राधेयम्: Rādheya (Karna), son of Rādhā
• राधेयम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: राधेय
• Form: Masculine, accusative, singular

• परिरक्षत: protect (you all)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि-रक्ष्
• Form: Imperative (loṭ), 2nd person, plural, parasmaipada

• भीमसेन-भय-आगाधे: in the unfathomable (state/ocean) of fear of Bhīmasena
• भीमसेन-भय-आगाधे: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भीमसेन + भय + आगाध
• Form: Locative, singular (gender follows 'व्यसनार्णव' understood; here used as locative qualifier)

• मज्जन्तम्: sinking
• Type: Verb
• Root: मज्जत् (from धातु मज्ज्)
• Form: Present active participle, masculine, accusative, singular

• व्यसन-अर्णवे: in the ocean of calamity
• व्यसन-अर्णवे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यसन + अर्णव
• Form: Masculine, locative, singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Karna (Rādheya)
• Bhīmasena (Bhīma)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

In a moment of battlefield crisis, the verse highlights the duty of allies to act swiftly and protect one who is overwhelmed—responding to danger with timely support rather than hesitation.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports an urgent call to Karna’s side: others are told to hurry and safeguard him, as he is portrayed as being engulfed in severe misfortune, intensified by fear of Bhīma.