Shloka 14

Devanagari script

नाधर्मश्चरित: कश्चित्‌ त्वया भवति भाविनि । अधर्म कुत एवाहं वरेयं लोककाम्यया,कुन्ती! मेरे साथ समागम करनेसे तुम्हारे द्वारा कोई अधर्म नहीं बन रहा है। भला! मैं लौकिक कामवासनाके वशीभूत होकर अधर्मका वरण कैसे कर सकता हूँ?

Transliteration

nādharmas caritaḥ kaścit tvayā bhavati bhāvini | adharma kuta evāhaṃ vareyaṃ lokakāmyayā, kuntī ||

Translation

Sūrya said: “No unrighteousness is incurred by you in this act, O noble lady. How could I ever choose unrighteousness, being the Sun, merely out of worldly desire? O Kuntī!”

Word by Word

नnot

अधर्मःunrighteousness, sin

चरितःdone, practiced

कश्चित्any (at all)

त्वयाby you

भवतिarises, becomes

भाविनिO auspicious one / O dear one

अधर्मम्unrighteousness

कुतःwhence? how?

एवindeed, at all

अहम्I

वरेयम्would choose

लोककाम्ययाby desire for worldly (ends/pleasures)

कुन्तिO Kunti

Speaker

सूर्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sūrya

Kuntī

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse frames ethical responsibility in terms of dharma: Sūrya assures Kuntī that the act will not constitute adharma for her, and he emphasizes that a divine being should not be driven by mere worldly lust to choose unrighteousness.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the backstory surrounding Kuntī, Sūrya addresses her directly, reassuring her about the moral status of their union and asserting his own commitment to dharma rather than acting from worldly desire.