Shloka 7

Devanagari script

कर्णके मारे जानेपर धृतराष्ट्रके पुत्रोंको भयभीत करते हुए भीमसेन भयंकर स्वरसे सिंहनाद करके आकाश और पृथ्वीको कँपाने तथा ताल ठोंककर नाचने-कूदने लगे ।।

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca |

karṇe ca māre jñāte tu dhṛtarāṣṭrasutān bhayabhītān karayan bhīmaseno bhayaṅkara-svarena siṃhanādaṃ cakāra, ākāśaṃ pṛthivīṃ ca kampayan, tālāṃś ca āhatya nṛtyan-plavan babhūva ||

tathaiva rājan somakāḥ sṛñjayāś ca śaṅkhān dadhmuḥ, sasvajur api sarve parasparaṃ kṣatriyā hṛṣṭarūpāḥ sūtātmaje vai nihate tadānīm ||

Translation

三阇耶说道：当人们得知迦尔那已被杀时，毗摩塞那令持国之子惶惧不已，以可怖之声如狮子般长吼，使天与地都似在震颤；他击臂称胜，起舞腾跃。又，王啊，诸索摩迦与斯林阇耶众皆吹响海螺号角，彼此拥抱；当御者之子被诛之时，般度军中的刹帝利们当下尽皆欢腾。

Word by Word

• तथा: thus, likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• एव: indeed, just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• सोमकाः: the Somakas
• सोमकाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोमक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सृञ्जयाः: the Sṛñjayas
• सृञ्जयाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सृञ्जय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• शङ्खान्: conches
• शङ्खान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शङ्ख
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• दध्मुः: blew
• Type: Verb
• Root: ध्मा
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), Third, Plural

• सस्वजुः: embraced
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्वज्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), Third, Plural

• अपि: also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• परस्परम्: mutually, each other
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परस्पर

• क्षत्रियाः: warriors
• क्षत्रियाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षत्रिय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• हृष्ट-रूपाः: having a delighted appearance
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हृष्टरूप
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सूत-आत्मजे: when/where the charioteer's son (Karna)
• सूत-आत्मजे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूतात्मज
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• वै: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• निहते: when slain
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-हन्
• Form: Past passive participle (kta), Masculine, Locative, Singular

• तदा: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

• नीम्: at that time
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदानीम्

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra (Kauravas)
• Bhīmasena (Bhīma)
• Karṇa (sūtātmaja)
• Somakas
• Sṛñjayas
• Pāṇḍava army (Pāṇḍava host)
• conch-shells (śaṅkha)
• sky (ākāśa)
• earth (pṛthivī)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how a pivotal fall in war reshapes morale and fear: victory is amplified through sound, gesture, and collective celebration, while the opposing side is psychologically shaken. Ethically, it reflects the Kṣatriya world where triumph is publicly asserted, even as the larger epic invites reflection on the cost of such exultation amid widespread destruction.

What is happening in the narrative?

News spreads that Karṇa has been killed. Bhīma responds with a thunderous lion-roar and triumphant gestures that frighten the Kauravas. The Somakas and Sṛñjayas blow conches and embrace, and the Pāṇḍava-side warriors rejoice together at the turning point.