Shloka 24

Devanagari script

मया हस्तवता मुक्ता नाराचा वैद्युतत्विष: । गाण्डीवसृष्टा दास्यन्ति कर्णस्य परमां गतिम्‌,“मैं बाण चलानेमें सिद्धहस्त हूँ। मेरे द्वारा गाण्डीव धनुषसे छोड़े गये बिजलीके समान चमकते हुए नाराच कर्णको परम गति प्रदान करेंगे

Transliteration

mayā hastavatā muktā nārācā vaidyutatviṣaḥ | gāṇḍīvasṛṣṭā dāsyanti karṇasya paramāṃ gatim ||

Translation

سنجے نے کہا—میں تیر چھوڑنے میں ماہر اور ثابت قدم ہاتھ والا ہوں۔ گاندیو سے چھوڑے گئے بجلی کی مانند چمکتے ناراج تیر کرن کو اس کی برتر، آخری منزل عطا کریں گے۔

Word by Word

मयाby me

हस्तवताby one skilled-handed / having a skilled hand

मुक्ताःreleased / discharged

नाराचाःiron arrows (narācas)

वैद्युत-त्विषःhaving lightning-like splendor

गाण्डीव-सृष्टाःshot from the Gāṇḍīva (bow)

दास्यन्तिwill give / will grant

कर्णस्यto/for Karṇa (of Karṇa)

परमाम्supreme

गतिम्end, fate, final state

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Gāṇḍīva

nārāca (arrows)

Karṇa

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 epic’s ethic of kṣatriya warfare: mastery of skill and unwavering resolve are portrayed as decisive forces that bring about an opponent’s destined end, underscoring how action (karma) in battle culminates in irreversible consequence.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports a warrior’s confident declaration of archery prowess: lightning-bright arrows released from the famed bow Gāṇḍīva are said to bring Karṇa to his ‘supreme end’—i.e., to his final fate on the battlefield.