Shloka 25
जयद्रथविमोचन–पलायनवृत्तान्तः
Recovery of Draupadī and Jayadratha’s flight
4. ५ ढ़ है५ $ 2 ऐ कक प 282 श् पे | हट | गा २, | ५ + $ 7 यन्न भीष्मान्न च द्रोणान्न कृपान्न च बाह्नविकात् | प्राप्तवानस्मि भद्ठं ते त्वत्त: प्राप्त मया हि तत्,तत्पश्चात् उसने कर्णसे कहा--“वीरवर! तुम्हारा कल्याण हो। मुझे भीष्मजीसे, आचार्य द्रोणसे, कृपाचार्यसे तथा बाह्लिकसे भी जो वस्तु नहीं मिली थी, वह तुमसे प्राप्त हो गयी
vaiśampāyana uvāca | yanna bhīṣmānna ca droṇānna kṛpānna ca bāhlikāt | prāptavān asmi bhadraṃ te tvattaḥ prāptaṃ mayā hi tat ||
Vaiśampāyana said: “O best of heroes, may you be well. What I could not obtain from Bhīṣma, nor from Droṇa, nor from Kṛpa, nor from Bāhlika—indeed that very thing I have obtained from you.” (Thus he spoke to Karṇa, acknowledging that Karṇa granted him a boon or benefit that even the foremost elders and teachers had not given—highlighting gratitude, patronage, and the moral weight of generosity.)
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores the ethical value of dāna (generosity) and kṛtajñatā (gratitude): true greatness is shown not only by status or seniority (Bhīṣma, Droṇa, Kṛpa, Bāhlika) but by the willingness to give what is asked, and it is righteous to acknowledge such giving openly.
The narrator reports a speech addressed to Karṇa: the speaker blesses him and states that a desired benefit—unavailable from other eminent elders—has been obtained from Karṇa, marking Karṇa as the one who granted the request/boon.