Shloka 6

Sundopasundayoḥ Tapas–Varadāna–Prasaṅgaḥ

Sunda and Upasunda: Austerities and the Boon

Devanagari script

परस्परेण भेदश्न नाधातुं तेषु शक्‍्यते । एकस्यां ये रता: पत्न्यां न भिद्यन्ते परस्परम्‌,उनमें आपसमें भी फ़ूट डालना सम्भव नहीं है। जो (एकराय होकर) एक ही पत्लनीमें अनुरक्त हैं, उनमें परस्पर विरोध नहीं हो सकता

Transliteration

paraspareṇa bhedaś ca nādhātuṃ teṣu śakyate | ekasyāṃ ye ratāḥ patnyāṃ na bhidyante parasparam ||

Translation

Karna said: “It is not possible to create dissension among them by setting one against another. Those who are united in affection for a single wife do not fall into mutual rivalry.”

Word by Word

• परस्परेण: by/with one another; mutually
• परस्परेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: परस्पर
• Form: n/a, Instrumental, Singular

• भेदम्: division, dissension
• भेदम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भेद
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

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

• आधातुम्: to place/produce; to cause (to set up)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-धा
• Form: Infinitive

• तेषु: among/in them
• तेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Plural

• शक्यते: is possible; can be done
• Type: Verb
• Root: शक्
• Form: Present, 3rd, Singular, Passive

• एकस्याम्: in one (single)
• एकस्याम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• ये: who; those who
• ये: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• रताः: attached, devoted, enamored
• रताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• पत्न्याम्: in (one) wife
• पत्न्याम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पत्नी
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

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

• भिद्यन्ते: split; differ; fall into discord
• Type: Verb
• Root: भिद्
• Form: Present, 3rd, Plural, Middle/Passive (Ātmanepada form)

• परस्परम्: mutually; with each other
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परस्पर

Speaker

कर्ण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Karna