Karna Parva Adhyaya 73 Shloka 116 - Mahabharata | Vietnamese | Vedapath

Vyasa

Shloka 116

Devanagari script

अस्त्र हि रामात्‌ कर्णेन भार्गवादृषिसत्तमात्‌ । यदुपात्तं महाघोरं तस्य रूपमुदीर्यते,“कर्णने मुनिश्रेष्ठ भूगुनन्दन परशुरामजीसे जो महाघोर अस्त्र प्राप्त किया है, उसीका रूप इस समय प्रकट हो रहा है

Transliteration

astra hi rāmāt karṇena bhārgavadṛṣisattamāt | yadupāttaṃ mahāghoraṃ tasya rūpamudīryate ||

Translation

Sañjaya nói: “Vũ khí vô cùng ghê rợn mà Karṇa đã thụ nhận từ Rāma—Paraśurāma, bậc hiền triết tối thượng của dòng Bhṛgu—nay đang hiển lộ chính hình tướng của nó.”

Word by Word

अस्त्रम्weapon, missile

हिindeed, for

रामात्from Rama (Parashurama)

कर्णेनby Karna

भार्गवात्from the Bhargava (descendant of Bhrigu)

ऋषिसत्तमात्from the best of sages

यत्which

उपात्तम्received, obtained

महाघोरम्very terrible

तस्यof that (weapon)

रूपम्form, manifestation

उदीर्यतेis being manifested/uttered/raised

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Karṇa

Rāma (Paraśurāma)

Bhṛgu lineage (Bhārgava)

Astra (supernatural weapon)

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?

Power gained through extraordinary instruction and weapons carries moral weight: the narrative highlights how formidable knowledge (astra-vidyā) can manifest with terrifying consequences in war, reminding readers that prowess is inseparable from responsibility and the larger workings of karma.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that the dreadful astra Karṇa once received from Paraśurāma is now coming into effect on the battlefield—its ‘form’ is manifesting, meaning the weapon’s potency is being unleashed or becoming evident in the course of the combat.