Shloka 86

अध्याय ९ — कर्णस्य प्रहारः, योधयुग्मनियोजनम्, शैनेय-कैकेययोर्युद्धविन्यासः

Devanagari script

युद्धमें शोभा पानेवाले, रथियोंमें श्रेष्ठ, मद्रदेशके अधिपति, बलवान, वीर, महाधनुर्धर मद्रराज शल्यने अपने सारथित्वमें कर्णको मारा गया देखकर क्या कहा? ।।

Transliteration

dṛṣṭvā vinihataṁ sarve yodhā vā raṇadurjayāḥ | ye ca kecana rājānaḥ pṛthivyāṁ yoddhum āgatāḥ || vaikarṭanaṁ hataṁ dṛṣṭvā kāny abhāṣanta sañjaya sañjaya ||

Translation

Sinabi ni Vaiśampāyana: Nang makita nilang napatay si Vaikarṭana (Karna), ang lahat ng mandirigmang bantog na di-matatalo sa digmaan—at ang sinumang mga haring mula sa buong daigdig na dumating upang lumaban—ay nagsimulang mag-usap-usap. O Sañjaya, anong mga salita ang kanilang binitiwan nang makita si Karṇa na bumagsak?

Word by Word

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), परस्मैपदी (usage), indeclinable

• विनिहतम्: slain
• विनिहतम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विनिहत
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• योधाः: warriors
• योधाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: योध
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• वा: or
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा

• रणदुर्जयाः: hard to conquer in battle
• रणदुर्जयाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रण-दुर्जय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• ये: who
• ये: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• केचन: some
• केचन: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: केचन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• राजानः: kings
• राजानः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• पृथिव्याम्: on the earth
• पृथिव्याम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथिवी
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• योद्धुम्: to fight
• Type: Verb
• Root: युध्
• Form: तुमुन् (infinitive), परस्मैपदी (usage), indeclinable

• आगताः: having come
• आगताः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-गम्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• वैकर्तनम्: Vaikartana (Karna)
• वैकर्तनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैकर्तन
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• हतम्: slain
• हतम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हत
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), परस्मैपदी (usage), indeclinable

• कानि: what (things)
• कानि: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• अभाषन्त: they spoke
• Type: Verb
• Root: भाष्
• Form: लङ् (imperfect/past), परस्मैपद, Third, Plural

• संजय: O Sanjaya
• संजय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: संजय
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Karna (Vaikarṭana)
• Sañjaya
• kings of the earth
• warriors

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how the fall of a great warrior becomes a collective moral reckoning: even the mightiest are subject to death, and war’s pursuit of dharma carries irreversible human cost, prompting reflection among rulers and fighters alike.

What is happening in the narrative?

After Karna (Vaikarṭana) is killed, the assembled formidable warriors and kings who had come to the battlefield react verbally; the narrator frames a transition to reporting what they said upon seeing Karna fallen.