Shloka 953

Devanagari script

प्रपतन्तं रथात्‌ कर्ण पश्यन्तु वसुधाधिपा: । “आज तुम्हारे बाणोंसे पीड़ित हुए भूमिपाल दीन और विषादयुक्त होकर हाहाकार मचाते हुए कर्णको रथसे नीचे गिरता देखें

Transliteration

prapatantaṁ rathāt karṇa paśyantu vasudhādhipāḥ |

Translation

三阇耶说道：“愿大地诸王目睹迦尔那从战车上坠落——为你之箭所中，痛苦煎熬——而那些受创的君王，满怀绝望，发出哀号之声。”

Word by Word

• प्रपतन्तम्: falling down
• प्रपतन्तम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-√पत्
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• रथात्: from the chariot
• रथात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• कर्णम्: Karna
• कर्णम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्ण
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• पश्यन्तु: let (them) see
• पश्यन्तु: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पश्
• Form: लोट् (imperative), परस्मैपद, Third, Plural

• वसुधाधिपाः: kings (lords of the earth)
• वसुधाधिपाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसुधाधिप
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Karṇa
• vasudhādhipāḥ (kings)
• ratha (chariot)
• bāṇa (arrows)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores the moral gravity of war: even the mightiest warrior can be brought low, and the spectacle of a hero’s fall becomes a public lesson in the consequences of violence, pride, and the inexorable working of fate within kṣatriya conflict.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes a battlefield moment in which Karṇa is seen falling from his chariot, struck by arrows; surrounding kings, themselves wounded and demoralized, cry out in anguish as they witness the reversal of fortune.