Shloka 62

Karṇa-parva Adhyāya 58 — Arjuna’s Arrow-Storm and Relief of Bhīmasena

Devanagari script

अर्जुनं समरे क्रुद्धः प्रेक्षमाणो मुहुर्मुहुः | दैरथं चापि पार्थेन कामयानो महारणे

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | arjunaṃ samare kruddhaḥ prekṣamāṇo muhur muhuḥ | dairathaṃ cāpi pārthena kāmayāno mahāraṇe |

Translation

Sañjaya thưa: Karṇa nổi giận trong trận chiến, hết lần này đến lần khác nhìn về Arjuna. Trong cuộc giao tranh lớn ấy, khao khát đấu xe đối xe với con trai Pṛthā, ông làm dây cung vang rền như lời thách đấu.

Word by Word

• अर्जुनम्: Arjuna (as object)
• अर्जुनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्जुन
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• समरे: in battle
• समरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: समर
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• क्रुद्धः: angry
• क्रुद्धः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्रुध्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रेक्षमाणः: looking at
• प्रेक्षमाणः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-ईक्ष्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मुहुः: again and again
• मुहुः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मुहुः

• मुहुः: repeatedly
• मुहुः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मुहुः

• द्वैरथम्: chariot-duel (single combat in chariots)
• द्वैरथम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वैरथ
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

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

• अपि: also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• पार्थेन: by/with Partha (Arjuna)
• पार्थेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थ
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• कामयानः: desiring
• कामयानः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: कामय्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• महारणे: in the great battle
• महारणे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महारण
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Arjuna
• Pārtha (Arjuna)
• Karna
• bow (twang/challenge signal)
• dairatha (chariot-duel)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the kṣatriya ethos of direct challenge and personal accountability in war: intense emotion (anger) is present, yet it is channeled into a formalized code of combat (dairatha), where honor and resolve are publicly signaled.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes Karna on the battlefield: he repeatedly fixes his gaze on Arjuna and, desiring a decisive chariot-duel with him, makes his bow resound—an audible declaration of challenge in the midst of the great war.