Shloka 2
Jayadratha Approaches Draupadī in the Forest
Hospitality, Persuasion, and Reproach
Devanagari script
सेनाजीवैश्व कौरव्य तथा विषयवासिभि:
Transliteration
senājīvaiś ca kauravya tathā viṣayavāsibhiḥ
Translation
হে কৌরব্য! সেনার জীবিকা এবং তদ্রূপ রাজ্যে বসবাসকারী প্রজাদের জীবিকাও এরই উপর নির্ভর করে।
Word by Word
सेनाजीवैःby/with the military-livers (soldiers/mercenaries)
सेनाजीवैः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootसेनाजीव
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Plural
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
कौरव्यO Kauravya (descendant of Kuru)
कौरव्य:
TypeNoun
Rootकौरव्य
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
तथाlikewise/also
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
विषयवासिभिःby/with the inhabitants of the districts/territories
विषयवासिभिः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootविषयवासी
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Plural
Speaker
कर्ण उवाच
Characters & Entities
K
Kauravya (a Kuru prince, addressee)S
Senā (army)V
Viṣaya (realm/territory)V
Viṣayavāsins (inhabitants of the realm)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
Karna frames a rājadharma principle: a ruler’s decisions must sustain both the military establishment and the ordinary residents of the realm, since the stability of the state rests on the welfare and livelihood of both.
Karna addresses a Kuru prince (“Kauravya”) and points to the interconnected dependence between the army’s maintenance and the people living in the territory, setting up an argument about prudent governance and policy.