Shloka 1

जयद्रथ-निग्रहः — Jayadratha Restrained, Shamed, and Released

Devanagari script

#:2:.7 #:ड-. () हि २ 7 पजञ्चपज्चाशर्दाधिकद्विशततमो< ध्याय: कर्ण और पुरोहितकी 3 धनकी वैष्णवयज्ञके वैशम्पायन उवाच जित्वा तु पृथिवीं राजन्‌ सूतपुत्रो जनाधिप । अब्रवीत्‌ परवीरघ्नो दुर्योधनमिदं वच:,वैशम्पायनजी कहते हैं--महाराज जनमेजय! शत्रुवीरोंका संहार करनेवाले सूतपुत्र कर्णने सारी पृथ्वीको जीतकर दुर्योधनसे इस प्रकार कहा

Transliteration

Vaiśampāyana uvāca | jitvā tu pṛthivīṃ rājan sūtaputro janādhipa | abravīt paravīraghno duryodhanam idaṃ vacaḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “O King Janamejaya, after conquering the earth, Karṇa—the son of a charioteer—slayer of hostile heroes, addressed Duryodhana with these words.” The verse frames Karṇa’s worldly success and martial prowess as the immediate backdrop for counsel to his ally, setting up a tension between power gained by conquest and the ethical consequences of how that power will be used.

Word by Word

• {'jitvā': 'having conquered, having won', 'tu': 'indeed

• but (connective emphasis)', 'pṛthivīm': 'the earth

• the realm/kingdoms of the world', 'rājan': 'O king (vocative address)', 'sūtaputraḥ': 'son of a sūta (charioteer/bard lineage)

• epithet of Karṇa', 'janādhipa': 'lord of people

• ruler (here used as an address)', 'abravīt': 'said

• spoke', 'paravīraghnaḥ': 'slayer of enemy heroes', 'duryodhanam': 'to Duryodhana (accusative)', 'idam': 'this', 'vacaḥ': 'speech

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Janamejaya
• Karṇa
• Duryodhana
• Pṛthivī (the earth/realm)