महाभारत · 7.47.24–25
॥
देवनागरी
अथ कर्णः पुनर् द्रोणम् आहार्जुनिशरार्दितः ॥
स्थातव्यम् इति तिष्ठामि पीड्यमानो ऽभिमन्युना ॥
तेजस्विनः कुमारस्य शराः परमदारुणाः ॥
क्षिण्वन्ति हृदयं मे ऽद्य घोराः पावकतेजसः ॥
लिप्यंतरण (IAST)
atha karṇaḥ punar droṇam āhārjuniśarārditaḥ ||
sthātavyam iti tiṣṭhāmi pīḍyamāno 'bhimanyunā ||
tejasvinaḥ kumārasya śarāḥ paramadāruṇāḥ ||
kṣiṇvanti hṛdayaṃ me 'dya ghorāḥ pāvakatejasaḥ ||
शब्दशः अर्थ
संस्कृतIASTअर्थ
अथathathen; then
कर्णःkarṇaḥKarna; Karna
पुनःpunaḥagain; again
द्रोणम्droṇamto Drona; to Drona
आहāhasaid [spoke]; spoke
आर्जुनिशरार्दितःārjuniśarārditaḥtormented by the arrows of Arjuna's son; tormented by the arrows of Arjuna's son
स्थातव्यम्sthātavyamone must stand [it is proper to hold one's ground]; one must stand
इतिitithus [that is why]; —
तिष्ठामिtiṣṭhāmiI stand [I hold my ground]; [so] I stand
पीड्यमानःpīḍyamānaḥbeing pressed [being battered]; being pressed
अभिमन्युनाabhimanyunāby Abhimanyu; by Abhimanyu
तेजस्विनःtejasvinaḥfiery [radiant]; radiant
कुमारस्यkumārasyaof the prince [boy]; of the prince
शराःśarāḥarrows; arrows
परमदारुणाःparamadāruṇāḥmost cruel [fiercest]; most cruel
क्षिण्वन्तिkṣiṇvantiwaste away [sap]; sap
हृदयम्hṛdayamheart; heart
मेmemy; my
अद्यadyanow [today]; now
घोराःghorāḥterrible [dread]; dread
पावकतेजसःpāvakatejasaḥwith the blaze of fire [fiery]; fiery
अनुवाद
Then Karna, tormented by the arrows of Arjuna's son, spoke again to Drona: "I stand only because one must stand, though pressed hard by Abhimanyu. The fiercest arrows of the radiant prince, dread and fiery, are sapping my heart even now."
संस्करण
dabdd6ec4161 · प्रकाशित 19 जुल॰ 2026, 3:30:04 pm UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
Karna himself confesses: he holds his ground only because "one must stand" — duty forbids flight, though the boy's arrows "sap his heart." In this honest admission from the fiercest of enemies lies an unwitting measure of the child's greatness. It is significant that Karna hides neither his pain nor boasts of himself: he stands from honor, straining past his limit. The verse teaches that even the greatest warrior knows the edge of endurance, and sometimes stands only through duty, bearing the pain; that an honest admission of one's own suffering is worthier than any boast; and that Karna, openly telling how the boy presses him, thereby testifies to his incomparable valor more truly than any praise could — yet this very admission will also prompt Drona to name the lawless means of overcoming one who cannot be overcome by honor.