Shloka 6

Devanagari script

परस्परेण भेदश्न नाधातुं तेषु शक्‍्यते । एकस्यां ये रता: पत्न्यां न भिद्यन्ते परस्परम्‌,उनमें आपसमें भी फ़ूट डालना सम्भव नहीं है। जो (एकराय होकर) एक ही पत्लनीमें अनुरक्त हैं, उनमें परस्पर विरोध नहीं हो सकता

Transliteration

paraspareṇa bhedaś ca nādhātuṃ teṣu śakyate | ekasyāṃ ye ratāḥ patnyāṃ na bhidyante parasparam ||

Translation

Karna said: “It is not possible to create dissension among them by setting one against another. Those who are united in affection for a single wife do not fall into mutual rivalry.”

Word by Word

परस्परेणby/with one another; mutually

भेदम्division, dissension

नnot

आधातुम्to place/produce; to cause (to set up)

तेषुamong/in them

शक्यतेis possible; can be done

एकस्याम्in one (single)

येwho; those who

रताःattached, devoted, enamored

पत्न्याम्in (one) wife

नnot

भिद्यन्तेsplit; differ; fall into discord

परस्परम्mutually; with each other

Speaker

कर्ण उवाच

Characters & Entities

Karna

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Karna emphasizes that genuine internal unity cannot be broken by external manipulation; when people share a single, common bond of loyalty and affection, attempts to sow discord fail.

What is happening in the narrative?

Karna is offering counsel about the impracticality of fomenting internal conflict among a group that is closely united, using the example of shared attachment to one wife as a sign of unbroken mutual concord.