Shloka 1

Sundopasundayoḥ Tapas–Varadāna–Prasaṅgaḥ

Sunda and Upasunda: Austerities and the Boon

Devanagari script

ऑपन--माजल छा जि: एकाधिकंद्विशततमो<्ध्याय: पाण्डवोंको पराक्रमसे दबानेके लिये कर्णकी सम्मति कर्ण उवाच दुर्योधन तव प्रज्ञा न सम्यगिति मे मति: । 82 20 ते शक्‍्या: पाण्डवा: कुरुवर्धन,कहा--दुर्योधन! मेरे विचारसे तुम्हारी यह सलाह ठीक नहीं है। कुरुवर्धन! ऐसे किसी भी उपायसे पाण्डवोंको वशमें नहीं किया जा सकता

Transliteration

karṇa uvāca | duryodhana tava prajñā na samyag iti me matiḥ | te śakyāḥ pāṇḍavāḥ kuru-vardhana |

Translation

Karna said: “Duryodhana, in my judgment your counsel is not sound. O increaser of the Kurus, the Pandavas cannot be brought under control by such means.”

Word by Word

• {'karṇa uvāca': 'Karna said', 'duryodhana': 'Duryodhana (eldest Kaurava prince)', 'tava': 'your', 'prajñā': 'judgment, practical wisdom, counsel', 'na': 'not', 'samyak': 'rightly, properly, correctly', 'iti': 'thus

• marking quoted thought/speech', 'me': 'my', 'matiḥ': 'opinion, view, considered judgment', 'te': 'those

• by that (means)', 'śakyāḥ': 'possible

• capable of being done/achieved', 'pāṇḍavāḥ': 'the Pandavas (sons of Pandu)', 'kuru-vardhana': 'O enhancer of the Kuru line (epithet addressing Duryodhana)'}

Speaker

कर्ण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Karṇa
• Duryodhana
• Pāṇḍavāḥ
• Kuru (dynasty)