Shloka 6

कर्ण–कृष्णसंवादः (Karṇa–Kṛṣṇa-saṃvādaḥ) — Karṇa’s Statement on Lineage, Loyalty, and the ‘Śastra-yajña’ Metaphor

Devanagari script

वायुदेव उवाच उपासितास्ते राधेय ब्राह्मणा वेदपारगा: । तत्त्वार्थ परिपृष्टाश्न नियतेनानसूयया,श्रीकृष्णने कहा--राधानन्दन! तुमने वेदोंके पारंगत ब्राह्मणोंकी उपासना की है। तत्त्वज्ञानके लिये संयम-नियमसे रहकर दोष-दृष्टिका परित्याग करके उन ब्राह्मणोंसे अपनी शंकाएँ पूछी हैं

Transliteration

vāyudeva uvāca | upāsitās te rādheya brāhmaṇā vedapāragāḥ | tattvārtha-paripṛṣṭāś ca niyatena anasūyayā ||

Translation

قال فايُو: «يا رادْهَيَة، لقد خدمتَ وكرّمتَ البراهمةَ العارفين بالڤيدا. وبانضباطٍ وضبطٍ للنفس، من غير تتبّعٍ للعيوب ولا حسد، سألتَهم عن المعنى الحقّ للواقع، طالبًا المعرفةَ السديدة بروح التواضع والاستقامة.»

Word by Word

वायुदेवःVāyudeva (the Wind-god)

उवाचsaid

उपासिताःworshipped/served

तेthey

राधेयO Rādheya (son of Rādhā)

ब्राह्मणाःBrahmins

वेदपारगाःversed in the Vedas

तत्त्वार्थम्the true meaning/reality (as an object/aim)

परिपृष्टाःquestioned/asked (thoroughly)

असिyou are

नियतेनwith restraint/discipline

अनसूययाwith non-carping/non-envy (absence of fault-finding)

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vāyudeva (Wind-god)

Rādheya (Karṇa)

Brāhmaṇas

Vedas

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

True learning is grounded in character: one should approach the learned with reverence, practice self-restraint, and inquire into truth without envy or a fault-finding attitude. Knowledge sought in humility becomes ethically transformative.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyudeva addresses Rādheya (Karṇa), acknowledging his past conduct: he honored Veda-knowing Brahmins and questioned them about tattva (truth) while maintaining disciplined behavior and anasūyā (non-malicious, non-censorious disposition).