Shloka 10

Devanagari script

राज्यलुब्ध: पुन: कर्ण समाव्यथसि पाण्डवान्‌ । यदा शकुनिम॒श्रित्य क्व ते धर्मस्तदा गत:

Transliteration

rājyalubdhaḥ punaḥ karṇa samāvyathasi pāṇḍavān | yadā śakunim āśritya kva te dharmas tadā gataḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “Blinded by greed for sovereignty, O Karṇa, you again torment the Pāṇḍavas. When you took refuge in Śakuni’s counsel, where did your dharma go then?”

Word by Word

• राज्यलुब्धः: greedy for the kingdom
• राज्यलुब्धः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: राज्यलुब्ध
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पुनः: again
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः

• कर्ण: O Karna
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्ण
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• समाव्यथसि: you afflict / torment
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्यथ्
• Form: Present, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• पाण्डवान्: the Pandavas
• पाण्डवान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• यदा: when
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदा

• शकुनिम्: Shakuni
• शकुनिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शकुनि
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• आश्रित्य: having resorted to / relying on
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-श्रि
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund)

• क्व: where?
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क्व

• ते: your
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• धर्मः: righteousness / dharma
• धर्मः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तदा: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

• गतः: gone
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Karna
• Pāṇḍavas
• Śakuni
• rājya (kingdom/sovereignty)
• dharma

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse condemns political greed and the surrender of moral judgment to corrupt influence: when one relies on deceitful counsel (Śakuni), dharma is abandoned, and harm to others follows.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya rebukes Karṇa for repeatedly oppressing the Pāṇḍavas out of desire for royal power, and he pointedly asks where Karṇa’s sense of righteousness went when he aligned himself with Śakuni’s guidance.