Shloka 2

Kuntī–Karṇa Saṃvāda: Lineage Disclosure and Appeal to Fraternal Dharma

Devanagari script

जानासि मे जीवपुत्रि भावं नित्यमविग्रहे । क्रोशतो न च गृह्नीते वचनं मे सुयोधन:

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca |

janāsi me jīvaputri bhāvaṃ nityam avigrahe |

krośato na ca gṛhṇīte vacanaṃ me suyodhanaḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana sprach: „O Herrin, gesegnet mit lebenden Söhnen, du weißt, dass mein beständiger Entschluss stets der Frieden war, damit es nicht zum Streit komme. Ich habe immer wieder laut gemahnt, doch Suyodhana (Duryodhana) nimmt meine Worte nicht an.“

Word by Word

• जानासि: you know
• जानासि: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: ज्ञा (धातु)
• Form: Lat, Present indicative, 2, Singular, Parasmaipada

• मे: of me / my
• मे: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

• जीवपुत्रि: O (lady) who bears living sons / O mother of living sons
• जीवपुत्रि: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: जीवपुत्री (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Vocative, Singular

• भावम्: intention / disposition
• भावम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भाव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• नित्यम्: always
• नित्यम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• अविग्रहे: in non-conflict / in absence of war
• अविग्रहे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अविग्रह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• क्रोशतः: while crying out / though (I) cry aloud
• क्रोशतः: Karana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क्रुश् (धातु)
• Form: present active participle (शतृ) used adverbially, Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

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

• गृह्णीते: accepts / heeds / takes up
• गृह्णीते: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: ग्रह् (धातु)
• Form: Lat, Present indicative, 3, Singular, Atmanepada

• वचनम्: word / advice
• वचनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• मे: my
• मे: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

• सुयोधनः: Suyodhana (Duryodhana)
• सुयोधनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुयोधन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Suyodhana (Duryodhana)
• Pāṇḍavas
• Kauravas

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even sincere, repeated counsel aimed at peace can fail when a leader is ruled by obstinacy; ethical responsibility includes striving for non-conflict (avigraha), but outcomes also depend on the hearer’s willingness to accept guidance.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator reports a speaker’s lament to a respected lady: he has consistently urged that the Kauravas and Pāṇḍavas avoid war, yet Duryodhana refuses to heed his words, signaling the hardening of positions before the conflict.