Shloka 8

Devanagari script

एह्टीहि मे विप्रतीप स्पर्धसे त्वं मया सह । यदि मां नाधिगच्छेथा न ते श्रेयो ध्रुवं भवेत्‌,“आओ, आओ, कर्ण! तुम सदा मुझसे लाग-डाँट रखते रहे। सदा मेरे साथ स्पर्धा करते रहे। आज यदि तुम मेरे पास नहीं आते तो निश्चय ही तुम्हारा कल्याण नहीं होता

Transliteration

ehi me vipratīpa spardhase tvaṃ mayā saha | yadi māṃ nādhigacchethā na te śreyo dhruvaṃ bhavet ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “Come here. You have long been contrary and contentious with me, always vying against me. If today you had not come to me, your welfare would certainly not have been secured.”

Word by Word

एहिcome

इहिcome (again/emphatic)

मेmy/of me

विप्रतीपO adversary/opponent

स्पर्धसेyou compete/rival

त्वम्you

मयाwith me

सहtogether/with

यदिif

माम्me

नnot

अधिगच्छेथाःyou would come to/approach

नnot

तेyour/of you

श्रेयःwelfare/good

ध्रुवम्certainly/firmly

भवेत्would be

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Karna

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes