Shloka 31

कर्णभीमसमागमः | Karṇa–Bhīma Encounter

Devanagari script

संजय उवाच तथेति राजन पुत्रस्ते सह कर्णेन मारिष । अब्रवीन्मद्रराजानं सर्वक्षत्रस्थ संनिधौ

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | tatheti rājan putras te saha karṇena māriṣa | abravīn madrarājānaṃ sarvakṣatrastha-sannidhau |

Translation

サンジャヤは言った。「そのとおりに、王よ。すると御子はカルナとともに、集まったクシャトリヤたちの前で、マドラ王シャリヤに向かい、あたかも『よい—そなたの条件を受け入れる』と言うかのように告げた。」

Word by Word

• संजयः: Sanjaya
• संजयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: संजय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, Third, Singular

• तथा: thus / so
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• इति: thus (quotative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• पुत्रः: son
• पुत्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ते: your
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• सह: together with
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह

• कर्णेन: with Karna
• कर्णेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्ण
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• मारिष: O venerable sir
• Type: Noun
• Root: मारिष
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• अब्रवीत्: said / spoke
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू
• Form: Imperfect, Third, Singular

• मद्रराजानम्: the king of Madra
• मद्रराजानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मद्रराज
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• सर्वक्षत्रस्थे: among all the Kshatriyas present
• सर्वक्षत्रस्थे: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्वक्षत्रस्थ
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

• संनिधौ: in the presence
• संनिधौ: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: संनिधि
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sanjaya
• Dhritarashtra
• Duryodhana
• Karna
• Shalya
• Madra (kingdom)
• Kshatriyas (assembled warriors)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Public acceptance of a condition (“tathā iti”) highlights how vows and agreements in a Kshatriya assembly become binding through speech and witness; in war-ethics, words spoken before peers carry moral and strategic consequences.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sanjaya reports to Dhritarashtra that Duryodhana, accompanied by Karna, addresses Shalya (king of Madra) before the gathered warriors and accepts the stipulated condition—formalizing an arrangement in the hearing of the Kshatriya assembly.