Shloka 433
ऋषिसमागमः — युधिष्ठिरस्य शोकवर्णनम्
Sage Assembly and Yudhiṣṭhira’s Articulation of Grief
कथं नु शप्तो भ्राता मे तत्त्वं वक्तुमिहाहसि । नारदजी! संग्राममें कर्णके पहियेको पृथ्वी क्यों निगल गयी और मेरे बड़े भाई कर्णको कैसे यह शाप प्राप्त हुआ? इसे आप ठीक-ठीक बतानेकी कृपा करें
kathaṃ nu śapto bhrātā me tattvaṃ vaktum ihārhasi | nāradajī! saṃgrāme karṇasya pahiye ko pṛthvī kyoṃ nigala gayī aura mere baṛe bhāī karṇako kaise yaha śāpa prāpta huā? ise āpa ṭhīk-ṭhīk batāne kī kṛpā kareṃ |
Dijo Yudhiṣṭhira: «¿Cómo fue maldecido mi hermano? Tú puedes decir aquí la verdad. ¡Oh Nārada!—¿por qué, en medio de la batalla, la tierra se tragó la rueda del carro de Karṇa, y por qué causa mi hermano mayor Karṇa incurrió en esa maldición? Te ruego que me lo expliques con exactitud».
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames a dharmic inquiry into causality: extraordinary events in war are not random but linked to prior actions (karma) and moral transgressions that mature as consequences (often expressed as a śāpa). It also models the ethical duty to seek and speak 'tattva'—the true cause—rather than accept appearances.
After the war, Yudhiṣṭhira questions the sage Nārada about a decisive battlefield incident: Karṇa’s chariot wheel becoming trapped as if the earth swallowed it. He asks how Karṇa came to be cursed in a way that contributed to this downfall, requesting an accurate account of the cause.