Shloka 102

कर्णेन युधिष्ठिरानीकविदारणम् / Karṇa’s Breach of Yudhiṣṭhira’s Battle-Line

Devanagari script

ततो नारायणस्तस्माच्छर भागाद्‌ विनि:सृतः । वृषरूपं समास्थाय उज्जहार महारथम्‌,तब भगवान्‌ नारायणने उस बाणके एक भागसे बाहर निकलकर वृषभका रूप धारण करके भगवान्‌ शिवके विशाल रथको ऊपर उठाया

Transliteration

tato nārāyaṇas tasmāc chara-bhāgād viniḥsṛtaḥ | vṛṣa-rūpaṃ samāsthāya ujjahāra mahā-ratham ||

Translation

تب اُس تیر کے ایک حصے سے نارانائن ظاہر ہوئے۔ بیل کی صورت اختیار کرکے انہوں نے بھگوان شِو کے عظیم رتھ کو اٹھا لیا۔

Word by Word

• ततः: then/from there
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः
• Form: indeclinable (ablatival adverb: 'from/then')

• नारायणः: Nārāyaṇa (Vishnu)
• नारायणः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारायण
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• तस्मात्: from that (from it)
• तस्मात्: Apadana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine/neuter, ablative, singular

• शर: arrow
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर
• Form: masculine, genitive, singular (in compound relation)

• भागात्: from a part
• भागात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भाग
• Form: masculine, ablative, singular

• विनिःसृतः: having come out/emerged
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-नि-√सृ (सरणे)
• Form: past passive participle, masculine, nominative, singular

• वृष: bull
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृष
• Form: masculine, stem used in compound

• रूपम्: form
• रूपम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रूप
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• समास्थाय: having assumed/taken (up)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-√स्था (तिष्ठति)
• Form: absolutive (क्त्वा/ल्यप्), indeclinable

• उज्जहार: lifted up/raised
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद्-√हृ (हरति)
• Form: perfect (लिट्), 3rd person, singular, parasmaipada

• महारथम्: the great chariot/one with a great chariot (mahāratha)
• महारथम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: महारथ
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

Speaker

पितामह उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārāyaṇa (Viṣṇu)
• Arrow (śara)
• Bull form (vṛṣa-rūpa)
• Great chariot (mahā-ratha)
• Śiva (implied by context: 'Śiva’s chariot')

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Divine power operates to uphold dharma: even in the midst of conflict, the supreme protector can manifest in unexpected ways, restraining arrogance and safeguarding cosmic order.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma (Pitāmaha) describes a miraculous event: Nārāyaṇa emerges from a portion of an arrow, takes the form of a bull, and lifts a mighty chariot—understood in the received context as Śiva’s great chariot—signaling divine intervention and supremacy.