Shloka 62

Devanagari script

राजा दुर्योधन, दुःशासन, शरद्वानके पुत्र कृपाचार्य, अश्वत्थामा, कृतवर्मा और महाबली शकुनिने भी पाण्डव-सेनाके सैकड़ों-हजारों वीरोंका संहार कर डाला ।। कर्णपुत्रौ तु राजेन्द्र भ्रातरौ सत्यविक्रमौ । निजघ्नाते बल क्रुद्धो पाण्डवानामितस्तत:,राजेन्द्र! कर्णके दो सत्यपराक्रमी पुत्र शेष रह गये थे। वे दोनों भाई क्रोधपूर्वक इधर- उधरसे पाण्डव सेनाका विनाश करते थे

Transliteration

karṇaputrau tu rājendra bhrātarau satyavikramau | nijaghnatur balāt kruddhau pāṇḍavānām itas tataḥ ||

Translation

桑阇耶说道：大王啊，迦尔那的两位儿子——两兄弟，勇武不移——仍然尚存。二人怒火炽盛，恃其强力，往来驰突，所到之处皆斩杀般度军，令战场四处弥漫毁灭。

Word by Word

कर्णपुत्रौthe two sons of Karna

तुbut/indeed

राजेन्द्रO king (best of kings)

भ्रातरौtwo brothers

सत्यविक्रमौof true valor

निजघ्नातेthey struck down/killed

बलम्army/force

क्रुद्धौangry

पाण्डवानाम्of the Pandavas

इतस्from here/on this side

ततस्from there/on that side

राजेन्द्रO king

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Dhṛtarāṣṭra (rājendra)

Karṇa

Karṇa's two sons

Pāṇḍavas (their army)

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 anger (krodha) combined with power (bala) accelerates destruction in war; valor alone is ethically ambiguous unless guided by dharma and restraint.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that the two remaining sons of Karṇa, fighting as brothers, rage across the field and cut down Pāṇḍava forces from various directions.