Shloka 29

Devanagari script

स सायक: कर्णभुजप्रमुक्त: शक्राशनिप्रख्यरुचि: शिताग्र:

Transliteration

sa sāyakaḥ karṇabhujapramuktaḥ śakrāśaniprakhyaruciḥ śitāgraḥ

Translation

کَرن کے بازو سے چھوٹا ہوا وہ تیر اندرا کے وجر کی مانند چمک رہا تھا؛ اس کی نوک نہایت تیز اور خنجر کی دھار جیسی تھی۔

Word by Word

• सः: he/that (one)
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सायकः: arrow
• सायकः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सायक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कर्ण-भुज-प्रमुक्तः: released from Karna's arm
• कर्ण-भुज-प्रमुक्तः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रमुक्त (प्र + मुच्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शक्र-अशनि-प्रख्य-रुचिः: having a splendor like Indra's thunderbolt
• शक्र-अशनि-प्रख्य-रुचिः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रुचि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शित-अग्रः: sharp-pointed
• शित-अग्रः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अग्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Karṇa
• Śakra (Indra)
• arrow (sāyaka)
• thunderbolt (aśani)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how extraordinary skill and dazzling power in war can be morally ambivalent: it showcases valor and mastery, yet it also serves destruction, reminding readers to weigh prowess against its ethical and human cost.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya narrates a battlefield moment: Karṇa releases an arrow whose brilliance is likened to Indra’s thunderbolt, emphasizing its speed, radiance, and lethal sharpness as it flies toward its target.