Shloka 10

Devanagari script

सहजं वर्म मे विप्र कुण्डले चामृतोद्‌्भवे । तेनावध्यो5स्मि लोकेषु ततो नैतज्जहाम्पयहम्‌,“विप्रवर! कवच तो मेरे शरीरके साथ ही उत्पन्न हुआ है और दोनों कुण्डल भी अमृतसे प्रकट हुए हैं। इन्हींके कारण मैं संसारमें अवध्य बना हुआ हूँ; अतः मैं इन सब वस्तुओंको त्याग नहीं सकता

Transliteration

sahajaṁ varma me vipra kuṇḍale cāmṛtodbhave | tenāvadhyo 'smi lokeṣu tato naitaj jahāmy aham ||

Translation

قال كارنا: «أيها البراهمن الأجلّ، إن درعي هذا وُلد معي، وهذان القرطان قد انبثقا من الرحيق (الأمرتة). وبسببهما أنا غيرُ قابلٍ للقتل في العوالم؛ لذلك لا أستطيع أن أتخلى عنهما.»

Word by Word

सहजम्innate, born together (with)

वर्मarmor, cuirass

मेof me, my

विप्रO brahmin

कुण्डलेtwo earrings

चand

अमृतोद्भवेarisen from nectar (amrita-born)

तेनby that, because of that

अवध्यःinvulnerable, not to be slain

अस्मिI am

लोकेषुin the worlds

ततःtherefore, from that

नnot

एतत्this

जहामिI abandon, I give up

अहम्I

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśaṃpāyana

vipra (Brahmin interlocutor)

varma/kavaca (inborn armor)

kuṇḍala (earrings)

amṛta (nectar)

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?

The verse highlights how extraordinary endowments (inborn armor and divine earrings) create a sense of security and identity that one is reluctant to relinquish. Ethically, it frames the tension between self-preservation and the later dharmic ideal of giving—even when giving entails personal risk.

What is happening in the narrative?

The speaker explains to a Brahmin that his protective armor and earrings are innate/divine and are the reason he cannot be killed; therefore he refuses to give them up. This statement sets the stakes for a forthcoming request or test involving these very protections.