Shloka 8

Devanagari script

एहि कर्ण मया सार्ध प्रतियुध्यस्व सड़रे । प्रेक्षका: कुरव: सर्वे भवन्तु तव सैनिका:

Transliteration

ehi karṇa mayā sārdhaṃ pratiyudhyasva saṅgare | prekṣakāḥ kuravaḥ sarve bhavantu tava sainikāḥ ||

Translation

阿周那说道：“来吧，迦尔那——就在这战阵最激烈之处与我交锋。让一切俱卢人都站作观者；让他们成为你的助阵之军。”

Word by Word

• एहि: come
• Type: Verb
• Root: इ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), 2, singular, परस्मैपद

• कर्ण: O Karna
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• मया: by me / with me
• मया: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: instrumental, singular

• सार्धम्: together (with)
• सार्धम्: Karana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सार्धम्

• प्रतियुध्यस्व: fight back / engage in battle
• Type: Verb
• Root: युध् (धातु) + प्रति (उपसर्ग)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), 2, singular, आत्मनेपद

• सङ्गरे: in battle
• सङ्गरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सङ्गर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine, locative, singular

• प्रेक्षकाः: spectators / onlookers
• प्रेक्षकाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रेक्षक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• कुरवः: the Kurus
• कुरवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुरु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• भवन्तु: let them be / may they become
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative/benedictive sense), 3, plural, परस्मैपद

• तव: your
• तव: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: genitive, singular

• सैनिकाः: soldiers
• सैनिकाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सैनिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

Speaker

अर्जुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Arjuna
• Karna
• Kuravas (Kurus)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the kṣatriya ethic of meeting a worthy opponent directly and without evasion, and the idea that martial honor is tested openly—before witnesses—so that courage and conduct are accountable to the wider community.

What is happening in the narrative?

Arjuna openly calls Karna to face him in battle, declaring that the Kurus may watch as witnesses and that Karna may count them as his supporting force—an emphatic challenge that frames the encounter as a public trial of valor and reputation.