Shloka 95

अध्याय ९ — कर्णस्य प्रहारः, योधयुग्मनियोजनम्, शैनेय-कैकेययोर्युद्धविन्यासः

Devanagari script

पुन: पुनर्न मृष्यामि हतं कर्ण च पाण्डवै: । यस्य बाह्ोर्बलं तुल्यं कुज्जराणां शतं शतै:,जिसकी भुजाओंमें दस हजार हाथियोंका बल था, वह कर्ण पाण्डवोंद्वारा मारा गया, यह बारंबार सुनकर मुझसे सहा नहीं जाता

Transliteration

punaḥ punar na mṛṣyāmi hataṃ karṇaṃ ca pāṇḍavaiḥ | yasya bāhor balaṃ tulyaṃ kuñjarāṇāṃ śataṃ śataiḥ ||

Translation

毗舍波耶那说：“一遍又一遍，我无法忍受听到迦尔那被般度族所杀——那位迦尔那，据说臂力可敌数百数百头大象。如此陨落的消息反复传来，令人难以承受。”

Word by Word

पुनःagain

नnot

मृष्यामिI endure / I tolerate

हतम्slain

कर्णम्Karna

चand

पाण्डवैःby the Pandavas

यस्यwhose

बाह्वोःof (his) two arms

बलम्strength

तुल्यम्equal

कुञ्जराणाम्of elephants

शतम्a hundred

शतैःby hundreds / in hundreds

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Karna

Pāṇḍavas

elephants (kuñjara)

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 the human and ethical weight of war: even when events are part of a larger dharmic outcome, the repeated news of a great warrior’s death remains emotionally unbearable. It points to the tragic cost of conflict and the fragility of worldly power, however immense.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana expresses distress at repeatedly hearing that Karṇa—renowned for extraordinary arm-strength likened to that of countless elephants—has been killed by the Pāṇḍavas. The line functions as a lament and a measure of Karṇa’s stature within the war narrative.