Shloka 8

कुन्ती–कर्णसंवादः

Kuntī–Karṇa Dialogue: Loyalty, Fate, and Constrained Assurance

Devanagari script

अर्जुनेनार्जितां पूर्व हृतां लोभादसा धुभि: । आच्चिद्य धार्तराष्ट्रेभ्यो भुड़क्ष्य यौधिष्ठिरी श्रियम्‌,अर्जुनने पूर्वकालमें जिसका उपार्जन किया था और दुष्टोंने लोभवश जिसे हर लिया है, युधिष्ठिरकी उस राज्यलक्ष्मीको तुम धृतराष्ट्रपुत्रोंसे छीनकर भाइयोंसहित उसका उपभोग करो

Transliteration

arjunenārjitāṃ pūrvaṃ hṛtāṃ lobhād asādhubhiḥ | āccidya dhārtarāṣṭrebhyo bhuṅkṣva yau­dhiṣṭhirīṃ śriyam ||

Translation

Karna said: “Seize back from the sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra that royal fortune of Yudhiṣṭhira—won long ago by Arjuna, yet stolen by wicked men out of greed—and then enjoy it rightfully, together with your brothers.”

Word by Word

• अर्जुनेन: by Arjuna
• अर्जुनेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्जुन
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• अर्जिताम्: earned, acquired
• अर्जिताम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अर्जित (√अर्ज्)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• पूर्वम्: formerly, earlier
• पूर्वम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पूर्व

• हृताम्: stolen, taken away
• हृताम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हृत (√हृ)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• लोभात्: from greed / out of greed
• लोभात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोभ
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• असाधुभिः: by the wicked (men)
• असाधुभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: असाधु
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• आच्छिद्य: having snatched/cut off
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-छिद् (√छिद्)
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund)

• धार्तराष्ट्रेभ्यः: from the sons of Dhritarashtra
• धार्तराष्ट्रेभ्यः: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: धार्तराष्ट्र
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Plural

• भुङ्क्ष्व: enjoy (you)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भुज्
• Form: Imperative, Second, Singular

• यौधिष्ठिरीम्: belonging to Yudhishthira
• यौधिष्ठिरीम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यौधिष्ठिरी (युधिष्ठिर-सम्बन्धिनी)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• श्रियम्: royal fortune, prosperity (kingdom-splendour)
• श्रियम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

कर्ण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Karna
• Arjuna
• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s sons (Kauravas)
• Śrī (royal fortune/prosperity)