Shloka 3

Adhyāya 42 (Śānti Parva): Śrāddha, Aurdhvadaihika Rites, and Royal Welfare Measures

Devanagari script

युधिष्ठिरस्तु द्रोणस्य कर्णस्य च महात्मन:

Transliteration

yudhiṣṭhiras tu droṇasya karṇasya ca mahātmanaḥ

Translation

Dijo Vaiśampāyana: Yudhiṣṭhira, al pensar en Droṇa y en el magnánimo Karṇa, se conmovió en su interior—su mente volvió al peso de sus muertes y a la carga moral que queda tras la guerra.

Word by Word

• युधिष्ठिरः: Yudhishthira
• युधिष्ठिरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• द्रोणस्य: of Drona
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रोण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• कर्णस्य: of Karna
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

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

• महात्मनः: of the great-souled (one)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Droṇa
• Karṇa
• Vaiśampāyana

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even when war is fought under the banner of duty, the deaths of revered teachers and noble opponents leave an ethical residue; dharma includes facing grief, responsibility, and the need for inner reconciliation after victory.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana introduces Yudhiṣṭhira’s mental turning toward Droṇa and Karṇa—figures whose fall in the war is morally complex—setting up Yudhiṣṭhira’s reflective, grief-tinged inquiry characteristic of the Śānti Parva.