Shloka 15

कर्णपरर्वणि त्रयोचत्वारिंशदध्यायः (Karṇa-parva Adhyāya 43) — Kṛṣṇa’s Battlefield Assessment and the Reversal Around Bhīma

Devanagari script

तासां किलावलिप्तानां निवसन्‌ कुरुजाड़ले

Transliteration

tāsāṃ kilāvaliptānāṃ nivasan kuru-jāṅgale

Translation

Dijo Karna: «En verdad, morar en el Kuru Jāṅgala entre quienes están empapados de orgullo y engreimiento…»

Word by Word

• तासाम्: of those (women/things)
• तासाम्: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्री, षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• किल: indeed / it is said
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: किल

• अवलिप्तानाम्: of the proud/insolent (ones)
• अवलिप्तानाम्: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अवलिप्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; अव-√लिप्)
• Form: स्त्री, षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• निवसन्: dwelling / residing
• निवसन्: कर्ता
• Type: Verb
• Root: निवस् (धातु; नि-√वस्)
• Form: वर्तमान (शतृ)

• कुरुजाङ्गले: in the Kuru-jāṅgala region
• कुरुजाङ्गले: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुरुजाङ्गल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसक, सप्तमी, एकवचन

Speaker

कर्ण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• कर्ण (Karna)
• कुरुजाङ्गल (Kuru Jāṅgala)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The line foregrounds the ethical danger of avalipta—pride and self-conceit—suggesting that one’s environment and associations (where one ‘dwells’) can foster arrogance, which in turn clouds judgment and dharma in moments of conflict.

What is happening in the narrative?

Karna is speaking and begins a statement framed by emphasis (“kila”), referring to living in the Kuru Jāṅgala among people characterized as ‘avalipta’ (proud/conceited). The verse as given reads like a partial clause that continues into the next line(s) in the surrounding text.