Shloka 24

जयद्रथविमोचन–पलायनवृत्तान्तः

Recovery of Draupadī and Jayadratha’s flight

Devanagari script

अर्चयामास विधिना कर्णमाहवशोभिनम्‌ | आश्रावयच्च तत्‌ कर्म प्रीयमाणो जनेश्वर:

Transliteration

arcayāmāsa vidhinā karṇam āhavaśobhinam | āśrāvayac ca tat karma prīyamāṇo janeśvaraḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana nói: Nhà vua, lòng đầy hoan hỷ, đã làm lễ tôn vinh Karṇa—người làm rạng rỡ chiến địa—đúng theo nghi thức, và cho công bố công trạng ấy để mọi người đều được nghe.

Word by Word

अर्चयामासworshipped / honored

विधिनाby the proper rite / according to rule

कर्णम्Karna

आहवशोभिनम्splendid in battle

आश्रावयत्caused to be proclaimed / announced

चand

तत्that

कर्मact / rite / deed

प्रीयमाणःbeing pleased / rejoicing

जनईश्वरःlord of men / king

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Karṇa

janeśvara (the king)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights a royal ethic: valor and notable deeds are to be recognized in a proper, rule-bound manner (vidhinā), and worthy actions may be publicly affirmed to shape communal memory and standards of conduct.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator reports that a king, delighted, formally honored Karṇa—renowned for battlefield brilliance—and arranged for Karṇa’s deed to be announced aloud, spreading its fame among the people.