Shloka 18

कर्णेन सैन्यस्थापनं तथा नानायुद्धसमवायः

Karna Reforms the Host and Multiple Duels Converge

Devanagari script

अथवा दुष्कृतस्य त्वं हर्ता तेषामरक्षिता । रक्षिता पुण्यभाग्‌ राजा प्रजानां त्वं हपुण्यभाक्‌,अथवा उनकी रक्षा न करनेके कारण तुम केवल उनके पापोंमें ही हिस्सा बँटाते हो। प्रजाकी रक्षा करनेवाला राजा ही उसके पुण्यका भागी होता है; तुम तो केवल पापके ही भागी हो

Transliteration

athavā duṣkṛtasya tvaṁ hartā teṣām arakṣitā | rakṣitā puṇyabhāg rājā prajānāṁ tvaṁ ha-puṇyabhāk ||

Translation

Or else, by failing to protect them, you become the taker of their wrongdoing and the one who leaves them unguarded. A king who protects his subjects becomes a sharer in their merit; but you, by neglecting their protection, become a sharer only in their sin.

Word by Word

अथवाor else

दुष्कृतस्यof sin/evil deed

त्वम्you

हर्ताtaker/appropriator (one who takes)

तेषाम्of them

अरक्षिताnon-protector / one who does not protect

रक्षिताprotector

पुण्यभाग्sharing in merit (having a share of पुण्य)

राजाking

प्रजानाम्of the subjects/people

त्वम्you

अपुण्यभाग्sharing in demerit (having a share of sin)

Speaker

कर्ण उवाच

Characters & Entities

Karna

rājā (the king/ruler)

prajāḥ (subjects/people)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes