Shloka 46

कर्णेन सैन्यस्थापनं तथा नानायुद्धसमवायः

Karna Reforms the Host and Multiple Duels Converge

Devanagari script

न कर्ण देशसामान्यात्‌ सर्व: पापं निषेवते । यादृशा: स्वस्वभावेन देवा अपि न तादृशा:,कर्ण! एक देशमें रहनेमात्रसे सब लोग पापका ही सेवन नहीं करते हैं। उसी देशमें मनुष्य अपने श्रेष्ठ शील-स्वभावके कारण ऐसे महापुरुष हो जाते हैं कि देवता भी उनकी बराबरी नहीं कर सकते

Transliteration

na karṇa deśa-sāmānyāt sarvaḥ pāpaṃ niṣevate | yādṛśāḥ sva-svabhāvena devā api na tādṛśāḥ, karṇa ||

Translation

Śalya said: “O Karṇa, it is not the case that everyone who merely lives in a particular region necessarily indulges in sin. In that very same land, some people—by the excellence of their own character and innate disposition—become such great souls that even the gods cannot match them.”

Word by Word

नnot

कर्णO Karna

देशfrom (mere) place/country

सामान्यात्from mere commonness/being the same (i.e., just because of sharing it)

सर्वःeveryone

पापम्sin/evil

निषेवतेresorts to/indulges in

यादृशाःsuch as/whatever kind (as they are)

स्वby one’s own

स्वभावेनby (their) own nature/character

देवाःthe gods

अपिeven/also

नnot

तादृशाःsuch (as those)/of that kind

कर्णO Karna

Speaker

शल्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śalya

Karna

devas (gods)

deśa (a region/land)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes