Shloka 943

Devanagari script

अद्य कर्ण महावेगा: प्रेषयन्तु यमक्षयम्‌ । “आज तुम्हारे हाथोंसे छूटे हुए महान्‌ वेगशाली, भयंकर एवं विशाल बाण कर्णका मर्मस्थल विदीर्ण करके उसे यमलोक भेज दें

Transliteration

adya karṇa mahāvegāḥ preṣayantu yamakṣayam

Translation

三阇耶说道：“今日啊，迦尔那，愿那疾如雷霆的箭被放出，洞穿要害，将他送往阎摩不灭之境。”

Word by Word

• अद्य: today/now
• अद्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य

• कर्ण: O Karna
• कर्ण: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्ण
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• महावेगाः: very swift/with great speed
• महावेगाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महावेग
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• प्रेषयन्तु: let (them) send/dispatch
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-इष् (प्रेषणे)
• Form: Imperative, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• यमक्षयम्: to Yama's abode (death-world)
• यमक्षयम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: यमक्षय
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Karna
• Yama
• arrows (bāṇa)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the war-ethic of decisive action: in a dharma-yuddha setting, a warrior’s resolve and skill can culminate in lethal finality, reminding the listener that martial choices carry irreversible moral and existential consequences.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya, narrating the battle, invokes or urges that Karṇa’s swift arrows be loosed with deadly effect—piercing a vital point and consigning the opponent to Yama’s domain—signaling an imminent, life-ending strike in the combat.