Shloka 11

जयद्रथ-निग्रहः — Jayadratha Restrained, Shamed, and Released

Devanagari script

एवमुक्तस्तु कर्णेन धार्तराष्ट्रो विशाम्पते । पुरोहितं समानाय्य वचन चेदमब्रवीत्‌

Transliteration

evam uktas tu karṇena dhārtarāṣṭro viśāmpate | purohitaṃ samānāyya vacanaṃ cedam abravīt |

Translation

কর্ণ এভাবে বললে ধৃতরাষ্ট্রপুত্র দুর্যোধন, হে প্রজাপতি, নিজের পুরোহিতকে ডেকে এই কথা বলল— “ব্রাহ্মণ! আমার জন্য ক্রতুশ্রেষ্ঠ রাজসূয় যজ্ঞ যথান্যায়, যথাক্রমে ও বিধিপূর্বক সম্পন্ন করাও, উৎকৃষ্ট দক্ষিণাসহ।”

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• उक्तः: having been spoken to / addressed
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: past passive participle, masculine, nominative, singular

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• कर्णेन: by Karna
• कर्णेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्ण
• Form: masculine, instrumental, singular

• धार्तराष्ट्रः: Dhritarashtra's son (Duryodhana)
• धार्तराष्ट्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धार्तराष्ट्र
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• विशाम्: of the people/subjects
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्
• Form: feminine, genitive, plural

• पते: O lord
• Type: Noun
• Root: पति
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• पुरोहितम्: the family priest
• पुरोहितम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरोहित
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• समानाय्य: having summoned/brought
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-नी
• Form: absolutive (gerund), parasmaipada (usage)

• वचनम्: words/speech
• वचनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचन
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• इदम्: this
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• अब्रवीत्: said/spoke
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू
• Form: imperfect (laṅ), 3rd, singular, parasmaipada

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Karṇa
• Duryodhana (Dhārtarāṣṭra)
• purohita (royal priest)
• Rājasūya (sacrifice)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how sacred rites can be invoked to legitimize worldly aims: a ruler seeks prestige through a grand sacrifice and generous fees, raising an ethical question—whether ritual is pursued for dharma and public good or for personal power and rivalry.

What is happening in the narrative?

After Karṇa’s words of approval/encouragement, Duryodhana summons his royal priest and orders him to arrange the Rājasūya sacrifice properly, with rich dakṣiṇās, signaling his intent to assert sovereignty and status through Vedic ceremony.