Shloka 11
उद्योगपर्व — अध्याय १४० (कृष्णेन कर्णं प्रति पाण्डवबल-वैशिष्ट्यप्रदर्शनम्) / Udyoga Parva, Chapter 140
Krishna’s appraisal of Pandava advantage and war portents
तासु पुत्राश्न पौत्राश्न मम जाता जनार्दन | तासु मे हृदयं कृष्ण संजातं कामबन्धनम्
tāsu putrāś ca pautrāś ca mama jātā janārdana | tāsu me hṛdayaṃ kṛṣṇa sañjātaṃ kāmabandhanam |
カルナは言った。「おおジャナールダナよ、あの女たちによって、わが子らと孫らが生まれた。しかも、おおクリシュナよ、彼女たちに向かう我が心は縛られてしまった――愛情と欲望の枷に固く繋がれているのだ。」
कर्ण उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how familial ties and personal desire (kāma) can bind the heart, creating moral and emotional constraints that complicate one’s ability to act purely from dharma.
Karna addresses Kṛṣṇa (Janārdana), acknowledging that he has children and grandchildren through certain women and admitting that his heart has become attached to them—an admission of the powerful pull of personal bonds amid the looming conflict.