Shloka 233

Devanagari script

येषां षड़भागहर्ता त्वमुभयो: शुभपापयो: । ब्राह्मणने निरर्थक आचार-विचारवाले बाहीकोंको ऐसा ही बताया है, जिनके पुण्य और पाप दोनोंका छठा भाग तुम लिया करते हो

Transliteration

yeṣāṃ ṣaḍbhāgahartā tvam ubhayoḥ śubhapāpayoḥ |

Translation

カルナは言った。「彼らの功徳と罪、その双方の六分の一を受け取るのは、お前なのだ。」

Word by Word

• येषाम्: of whom
• येषाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: masculine/neuter, genitive, plural

• षड्-भाग-हर्ता: the taker of a sixth share
• षड्-भाग-हर्ता: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: षड्भागहर्तृ
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, nominative, singular

• उभयोः: of both
• उभयोः: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun/Adjective
• Root: उभ
• Form: —, genitive, dual

• शुभ-पापयोः: of merit and sin
• शुभ-पापयोः: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुभ + पाप
• Form: neuter, genitive, dual

Speaker

कर्ण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Karna

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the doctrine of shared moral accountability: a ruler (or responsible authority) is not ethically isolated, but partakes in a portion of the merit and sin generated within the community he governs—especially through protection, justice, and the upholding of dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

Karna, speaking in the Karna Parva context, makes a pointed ethical remark to his addressee: since the addressee is regarded as one who receives a ‘sixth share’ (ṣaḍbhāga) of people’s outcomes, he must also bear responsibility for both their good and bad—implying accountability tied to authority.