Shloka 24

जयद्रथविमोचन–पलायनवृत्तान्तः

Recovery of Draupadī and Jayadratha’s flight

Devanagari script

अर्चयामास विधिना कर्णमाहवशोभिनम्‌ | आश्रावयच्च तत्‌ कर्म प्रीयमाणो जनेश्वर:

Transliteration

arcayāmāsa vidhinā karṇam āhavaśobhinam | āśrāvayac ca tat karma prīyamāṇo janeśvaraḥ ||

Translation

毗湿摩波耶那说：国王心中欢喜，依礼敬奉迦尔纳——其身影使战场增辉——并命人将此功业公开宣告，使众人皆得闻之。

Word by Word

• अर्चयामास: worshipped / honored
• अर्चयामास: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: अर्च्
• Form: लिट् (परस्मैपदम्), perfect (narrative past), 3, singular

• विधिना: by the proper rite / according to rule
• विधिना: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधि
• Form: masculine, instrumental, singular

• कर्णम्: Karna
• कर्णम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्ण
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• आहवशोभिनम्: splendid in battle
• आहवशोभिनम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आहवशोभिन्
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• आश्रावयत्: caused to be proclaimed / announced
• आश्रावयत्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (causative: श्रावयति)
• Form: लङ् (परस्मैपदम्), imperfect (past), 3, singular

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

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• कर्म: act / rite / deed
• कर्म: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन्
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• प्रीयमाणः: being pleased / rejoicing
• प्रीयमाणः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्री (प्रीयते)
• Form: शानच् (present passive participle, आत्मनेपद-भाव), masculine, nominative, singular

• जनईश्वरः: lord of men / king
• जनईश्वरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनईश्वर
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Karṇa
• janeśvara (the king)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights a royal ethic: valor and notable deeds are to be recognized in a proper, rule-bound manner (vidhinā), and worthy actions may be publicly affirmed to shape communal memory and standards of conduct.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator reports that a king, delighted, formally honored Karṇa—renowned for battlefield brilliance—and arranged for Karṇa’s deed to be announced aloud, spreading its fame among the people.