Shloka 2

कुन्ती–कर्णसंवादः

Kuntī–Karṇa Dialogue: Loyalty, Fate, and Constrained Assurance

Devanagari script

कुन्त्युवाच कौन्तेयस्त्वं न राधेयो न तवाधिरथ: पिता । नासि सूतकुले जात: कर्ण तद्‌ विद्धि मे वच:

Transliteration

kunty uvāca—kaunteyas tvaṁ na rādheyo na tavādhirathaḥ pitā | nāsi sūtakule jātaḥ karṇa tad viddhi me vacaḥ ||

Translation

Kuntī sprach: „O Karṇa! Du bist ein Sohn Kuntīs, nicht Rādhās. Adhiratha ist nicht dein Vater, und du bist nicht im Stand der sūta (Wagenlenker) geboren. O Karṇa, wisse: Dieses Wort von mir ist wahr.“

Word by Word

• कुन्ती: Kunti
• कुन्ती: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुन्ती
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• कौन्तेयः: son of Kunti (Karna)
• कौन्तेयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौन्तेय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Nominative, Singular

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

• राधेयः: Radha's son
• Type: Noun
• Root: राधेय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• न: nor/not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• तव: of you/your
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• अधिरथः: Adhiratha
• Type: Noun
• Root: अधिरथ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पिता: father
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• असि: are
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: Present, 2nd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• सूतकुले: in the charioteer-caste/family
• सूतकुले: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूतकुल
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• जातः: born
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, kta (past passive participle)

• कर्ण: O Karna
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्ण
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• विद्धि: know/understand
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद्
• Form: Imperative, 2nd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• मे: my/of me
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• वचः: word/speech
• वचः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचस्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

कर्ण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Kuntī
• Karṇa
• Rādhā
• Adhiratha
• Sūta-kula