Shloka 50

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

Devanagari script

विष्णुश्नात्मा भगवतो भवस्यामिततेजस: । तस्माद्‌ धनुर्ज्यासंस्पर्श न विषेह॒र्हरस्य ते,अमिततेजस्वी भगवान्‌ शंकरके आत्मा हैं विष्णु। अतः वे दैत्य भगवान्‌ शिवके धनुषकी प्रत्यंचा एवं बाणका स्पर्श न सह सके

Transliteration

viṣṇuś cātmā bhagavato bhavasya amitātejasāḥ | tasmād dhanuḥjyāsaṃsparśaṃ na viṣehuḥ harasya te ||

Translation

Duryodhana nói: “Viṣṇu chính là Tự Ngã của đấng Bhava (Śiva) chí tôn, rực sáng vô lượng. Bởi vậy những kẻ ấy không thể chịu nổi sự chạm đến của dây cung và mũi tên của Hara (Śiva).”

Word by Word

विष्णुःVishnu

आत्माself; inner essence

भगवतःof the Blessed Lord

भवस्यof Bhava (Shiva)

अमिततेजसःof (him) of immeasurable splendor

तस्मात्therefore; from that

धनुःbow

ज्याbowstring

संस्पर्शम्contact; touch

नnot

विषेहुःthey endured; they could bear

हरस्यof Hara (Shiva)

तेthey; those (ones)

Speaker

दुर्योधन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Duryodhana

Viṣṇu

Bhava (Śiva)

Hara (Śiva)

Śiva’s bowstring (dhanuḥ-jyā)

arrows (implied by context)

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 asserts the essential unity of Viṣṇu and Śiva (Bhava/Hara). By grounding battlefield irresistibility in divine identity, it teaches humility: when power is truly divine, mere pride or opposition cannot withstand it.

What is happening in the narrative?

Duryodhana comments on an overwhelming display of force associated with Śiva’s weaponry, explaining the inability of certain beings to bear even the contact of Śiva’s bowstring and arrows by invoking the immeasurable divine splendor and the Viṣṇu–Śiva identity.