Shloka 2

Kuntī–Karṇa Saṃvāda: Lineage Disclosure and Appeal to Fraternal Dharma

Devanagari script

जानासि मे जीवपुत्रि भावं नित्यमविग्रहे । क्रोशतो न च गृह्नीते वचनं मे सुयोधन:

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca |

janāsi me jīvaputri bhāvaṃ nityam avigrahe |

krośato na ca gṛhṇīte vacanaṃ me suyodhanaḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “O lady blessed with living sons, you know my constant resolve has always been for peace—so that there be no conflict. Though I have cried out again and again, Suyodhana (Duryodhana) does not accept my counsel.”

Word by Word

• जानासि: you know
• जानासि: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: ज्ञा (धातु)
• Form: Lat, Present indicative, 2, Singular, Parasmaipada

• मे: of me / my
• मे: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

• जीवपुत्रि: O (lady) who bears living sons / O mother of living sons
• जीवपुत्रि: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: जीवपुत्री (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Vocative, Singular

• भावम्: intention / disposition
• भावम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भाव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• नित्यम्: always
• नित्यम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• अविग्रहे: in non-conflict / in absence of war
• अविग्रहे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अविग्रह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• क्रोशतः: while crying out / though (I) cry aloud
• क्रोशतः: Karana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क्रुश् (धातु)
• Form: present active participle (शतृ) used adverbially, Masculine, Genitive, Singular

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

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

• गृह्णीते: accepts / heeds / takes up
• गृह्णीते: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: ग्रह् (धातु)
• Form: Lat, Present indicative, 3, Singular, Atmanepada

• वचनम्: word / advice
• वचनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• मे: my
• मे: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

• सुयोधनः: Suyodhana (Duryodhana)
• सुयोधनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुयोधन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Suyodhana (Duryodhana)
• Pāṇḍavas
• Kauravas

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even sincere, repeated counsel aimed at peace can fail when a leader is ruled by obstinacy; ethical responsibility includes striving for non-conflict (avigraha), but outcomes also depend on the hearer’s willingness to accept guidance.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator reports a speaker’s lament to a respected lady: he has consistently urged that the Kauravas and Pāṇḍavas avoid war, yet Duryodhana refuses to heed his words, signaling the hardening of positions before the conflict.