Shloka 34

कर्णपुत्रवधः (The Fall of Vṛṣasena) — Karṇa Parva, Adhyāya 62

Devanagari script

प्राप्प सेनानिवेशं च मार्गणै: क्षतविक्षत: । अवतीर्णों रथात्तूर्णणाविशच्छयनं शुभम्‌

Transliteration

prāpya senāniveśaṃ ca mārgaiḥ kṣata-vikṣataḥ | avatīrṇo rathāt tūrṇaṃ āviśac chayanaṃ śubham ||

Translation

Sañjaya nói: Bị mũi tên làm cho rách nát, ngài đến được doanh trại quân đội. Vội vàng xuống khỏi chiến xa, ngài bước vào nơi nghỉ ngơi tốt đẹp và nằm xuống—thân thể vẫn còn mang những dấu vết khắc nghiệt của chiến trận.

Word by Word

• प्राप्प: reached/attained
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + आप्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3, Singular, Parasmaipada

• सेनानिवेशम्: the army-camp
• सेनानिवेशम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सेनानिवेश
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

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

• मार्गणैः: by arrows
• मार्गणैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मार्गण
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• क्षतविक्षतः: wounded and mangled
• क्षतविक्षतः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्षत-विक्षत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अवतीर्णः: having descended
• अवतीर्णः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव + तॄ (क्त)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, Past participle (kta)

• रथात्: from the chariot
• रथात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• तूर्णम्: quickly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तूर्णम्

• आविश्य: having entered
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + विश् (ल्यप्)
• Form: Gerund (absolutive, lyap)

• शयनम्: bed, couch
• शयनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शयन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• शुभम्: beautiful/auspicious
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• senāniveśa (army camp)
• ratha (chariot)
• mārgaṇa (arrows)
• śayana (bed/resting-place)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the inevitable suffering that accompanies war: valor and royal status do not shield one from pain and exhaustion. It implicitly cautions that dharma in battle carries grave bodily and moral consequences, making compassion and restraint ethically significant.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that the wounded warrior reaches the military camp, quickly gets down from his chariot, and lies on a fine bed to recover, his body pierced and torn by arrows.