Shloka 343

अध्याय ९ — धृतराष्ट्रस्य युधिष्ठिरं प्रति राजनित्युपदेशः

Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Counsel on Royal Policy to Yudhiṣṭhira

Devanagari script

न भवान्‌ न च ते भृत्या न कर्णो न च सौबल: । “आपका पुत्र उन महात्मा नरेशोंके वधमें कारण नहीं हुआ है। इसी प्रकारन आप, न आपके सेवक, न कर्ण और न शकुनि ही इसमें कारण हैं

Transliteration

na bhavān na ca te bhṛtyā na karṇo na ca saubalaḥ |

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “Neither you nor your attendants, nor Karṇa, nor Saubala (Śakuni) were the true cause of the slaughter of those great-souled kings.” The statement shifts moral responsibility away from particular individuals, implying that the catastrophe of war arose from a larger convergence of fate, accumulated wrongdoing, and the collapse of dharma rather than from a single agent’s will alone.

Word by Word

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

• भवान्: you (honorific)
• भवान्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

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

• ते: your
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• भृत्याः: servants/retainers
• भृत्याः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भृत्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

• कर्णः: Karna
• कर्णः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्ण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

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

• सौबलः: Saubala (Shakuni)
• सौबलः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सौबल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Karṇa
• Saubala (Śakuni)
• bhṛtyāḥ (attendants/servants)
• mahātmānaḥ nareśāḥ (great-souled kings, implied by context)