Shloka 71

अध्याय ९ — कर्णस्य प्रहारः, योधयुग्मनियोजनम्, शैनेय-कैकेययोर्युद्धविन्यासः

Devanagari script

वासुदेवस्य दुर्बुद्धि: प्रत्याख्यानमरोचत । स नूनं वृषभस्कन्ध॑ कर्ण दृष्टवा निपातितम्‌

Transliteration

vāsudevasya durbuddhiḥ pratyākhyānam arocata | sa nūnaṃ vṛṣabhaskandha karṇa dṛṣṭvā nipātitam ||

Translation

ヴァイシャンパーヤナは言った。「ヴァースデーヴァ（クリシュナ）の諫言を退けようという浅はかな思いが、彼の心にかなったのだ。まことに、牛の肩を持つ者よ、カルナが討ち倒されるのを見てはじめて彼は真実を受け入れた——だが手当ての及ばぬほど遅すぎた。」

Word by Word

• वासुदेवस्य: of Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa)
• वासुदेवस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासुदेव
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• दुर्बुद्धिः: evil counsel / foolish idea
• दुर्बुद्धिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्बुद्धि
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रत्याख्यानम्: refusal / rejection
• प्रत्याख्यानम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रत्याख्यान
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• अरोचत: was pleasing / seemed good
• Type: Verb
• Root: रुच्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• नूनम्: surely / indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नूनम्

• वृषभस्कन्ध: O bull-shouldered one
• वृषभस्कन्ध: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृषभ-स्कन्ध
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• कर्णम्: Karna
• कर्णम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्ण
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive), Parasmaipada (usage)

• निपातितम्: felled / struck down
• निपातितम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-पत्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa)
• Karṇa

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Rejecting wise counsel out of misguided judgment (durbuddhi) leads to irreversible consequences; recognition often comes only after loss, when correction is no longer possible.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator remarks that someone found it pleasing to refuse Vāsudeva’s advice, and only after witnessing Karṇa’s downfall did the reality of that error become evident.