Shloka 443

कर्णपर्व — अध्याय ४०

Karṇa’s Pressure on the Pāñcālas; Duryodhana Disabled; Arjuna’s Counter-Advance

Devanagari script

उपर्युपरि वेनने सागरं मकरालयम्‌ | उड़नेवाले हंसने कौओंकी वह बात सुनकर बड़े वेगसे मकरालय समुद्रके ऊपर-ऊपर पश्चिम दिशाकी ओर उड़ना आरम्भ किया

Transliteration

uparyupari venane sāgaraṃ makarālayam | uḍanevāle haṃsane kauoṃkī vaha bāta sunakara baṛe vegase makarālaya samudrake ūpara-ūpara paścima diśākī ora uḍanā ārambha kiyā

Translation

飞翔的天鹅听见群鸦之言，立刻蓄起极大的速度，向西方飞去，掠过大海的水面——那是摩伽罗的居处——一次又一次在其上方升腾前行。

Word by Word

• उपरि: above, over
• उपरि: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उपरि

• उपरि: again above (repeated: very high/over and over)
• उपरि: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उपरि

• वेनने: in/at Venaṇa (place-name) / in the region of Venaṇa
• वेनने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेनन
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• सागरम्: the ocean
• सागरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सागर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• मकरालयम्: the abode of makaras (i.e., the sea)
• मकरालयम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मकरालय
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

हंस उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Haṃsa (the swan)
• Kāka (crows)
• Sāgara (ocean/sea)
• Makara (mythic sea-creature)
• Paścima diś (western direction)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The passage highlights discernment and decisive action: after hearing others’ speech, the wise do not linger in pointless contention but move swiftly toward a chosen, purposeful course.

What is happening in the narrative?

A swan, having heard what the crows said, accelerates and flies westward, repeatedly passing over the ocean described as the abode of makaras.