Shloka 60

कर्णपर्व — अध्याय ५९

Arjuna Breaks the Encirclement; Bhīma Reinforces

Devanagari script

सेना हि धार्तराष्ट्रस्य विमुखा विक्षरद्व्रणा,इति श्रीमहाभारते कर्णपर्वणि कृष्णार्जुनसंवादे षष्टितमो5ध्याय:

Transliteration

senā hi dhārtarāṣṭrasya vimukhā vikṣarad-vraṇā | iti śrīmahābhārate karṇaparvaṇi kṛṣṇārjuna-saṃvāde ṣaṣṭitamo 'dhyāyaḥ ||

Translation

桑阇耶说道：“持国诸子之军已转身溃退，创口裂开，鲜血淋漓。”如此，在《圣摩诃婆罗多》之《迦尔那篇》中，克里希那与阿周那的对话，第六十章至此结束。

Word by Word

• सेना: army
• सेना: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सेना
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• हि: indeed/for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• धार्तराष्ट्रस्य: of Dhṛtarāṣṭra (i.e., the Kauravas)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धार्तराष्ट्र
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• विमुखा: turned away/routed
• विमुखा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विमुख
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• विक्षरत्: oozing/streaming forth
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि+क्षर्
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• व्रणा: with/through a wound
• व्रणा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्रण
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra (by implication in dhārtarāṣṭrasya)
• Kṛṣṇa
• Arjuna
• Kaurava army (Dhārtarāṣṭra’s forces)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even a powerful army collapses when its cause and conduct are unrighteous and its resolve breaks; the verse highlights the visible human cost of war—wounds and suffering—and implies that adharma leads to defeat and misery.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that the Kaurava forces (Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s side) have turned away in retreat, bleeding from many wounds. The line also functions as a chapter-colophon marking the end of the 60th chapter within the Kṛṣṇa–Arjuna dialogue section of Karṇa Parva.