Shloka 35

Karṇa–Sūrya Saṃvāda: Satya, Dāna, and the Amoghā Śakti (कर्ण–सूर्यसंवादः)

Devanagari script

स माषराशिसदृशैर्ब भूव क्षणदाचरै: । कृतो निर्वानरों भूय: प्राकारो भीमदर्शनै:,उड़दके ढेर-जैसे काले-कलूटे उन भयंकर निशाचरोंने लड़कर पुनः उस चहारदीवारीको वानरोंसे सूनी कर दिया

Transliteration

sa māṣarāśisadṛśair babhūva kṣaṇadācaraiḥ | kṛto nirvānaro bhūyaḥ prākāro bhīmadarśanaiḥ ||

Translation

Mārkaṇḍeya nói: “Bọn dạ-xoa rākṣasa đáng sợ, đen như đống đậu đen, đã giao chiến và lại một lần nữa khiến tường lũy trống vắng bóng vānara—biến công sự thành cảnh tượng ghê rợn.”

Word by Word

सःhe/that (wall/fortification)

माषराशि-सदृशैःby (ones) resembling heaps of black-gram

बभूवbecame / came to be

क्षणदा-चरैःby night-roamers (rākṣasas)

कृतःmade / rendered

निर्वानरःdevoid of monkeys

भूयःagain / once more

प्राकारःrampart / enclosing wall

भीम-दर्शनैःby (those) of terrible appearance

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mārkaṇḍeya

kṣaṇadācarāḥ (night-roaming demons/niśācarāḥ)

prākāra (rampart/fortification)

vānarāḥ (monkeys)

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 highlights how destructive forces driven by adharma can repeatedly dismantle safeguards; it implies the ethical need for steadfast vigilance, unity, and preparedness when confronting persistent wrongdoing.

What is happening in the narrative?

Mārkaṇḍeya describes fearsome night-roaming beings, black like heaps of urad, who fight and again clear the rampart of monkeys—leaving the fortification emptied of vānaras and frightening to behold.