Shloka 5
Sundopasundayoḥ Tapas–Varadāna–Prasaṅgaḥ
Sunda and Upasunda: Austerities and the Boon
न च ते व्यसनैर्योक्तुं शक््या दिष्टकृतेन च । शकिताश्रैप्सवश्चैव पितृपैतामहं पदम्,अब वे संकटमें नहीं डाले जा सकते। भाग्यने उन्हें शक्तिशाली बना दिया है और उनमें अपने बाप-दादोंके राज्यको प्राप्त करनेकी अभिलाषा जाग उठी है
na ca te vyasanair yoktuṁ śakyā diṣṭakṛtena ca | śakitāś ca ipsavaś caiva pitṛpaitāmahaṁ padam ||
Karna said: “Nor can they be restrained by calamities—nor even by what fate has ordained. They have become capable and resolute, and within them has arisen the desire to obtain the ancestral and paternal sovereignty.”
कर्ण उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the force of destiny and personal capability in political life: when people are empowered and driven by the aim of reclaiming ancestral authority, neither adversity nor warnings easily restrain them.
Karna is offering counsel, observing that the concerned party cannot be checked by troubles or by fate’s course; they have gained strength and now aspire to secure the inherited royal position of their lineage.