Shloka 14

Karṇa–Sūrya Saṃvāda: Satya, Dāna, and the Amoghā Śakti (कर्ण–सूर्यसंवादः)

Devanagari script

राजर्षयश्न निहता रुदत्यश्न हृता: स्त्रिय: । तदिदं समनुप्राप्तं फलं तस्यानयस्य ते,“तुमने बल और अहंकारसे उन्मत्त होकर पहले जिन वनवासी ऋषियोंकी हत्या की, देवताओंका अपमान किया, राजर्षियोंके प्राण लिये तथा रोती-बिलखती अबलाओंका भी अपहरण किया था, उन सब अत्याचारोंका फल अब तुम्हें प्राप्त होनेवाला है”

Transliteration

rājarṣayaś ca nihatā rudatyaś ca hṛtāḥ striyaḥ | tad idaṃ samanuprāptaṃ phalaṃ tasyānayasya te ||

Translation

Mārkaṇḍeya said: “Royal sages have been slain, and women—crying in distress—have been carried off. Now this has come upon you: the fruit of that wrongdoing of yours. The violence and arrogance you once unleashed has ripened into its inevitable consequence.”

Word by Word

राजर्षयःroyal sages

निहताःslain/killed

रुदत्यःweeping

हृताःabducted/taken away

स्त्रियःwomen

तत्that

इदम्this

समनुप्राप्तम्fully reached/come upon

फलम्fruit/result

तस्यof that

अनयस्यof wrongdoing/injustice

तेto you/for you

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mārkaṇḍeya

rājarṣis (royal sages)

striyaḥ (women)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes