Shloka 3

भीष्मस्य दुर्योधनं प्रति कुलहितोपदेशः | Bhīṣma’s Counsel to Duryodhana on Dynastic Welfare

Devanagari script

वैशम्पायन उवाच एवमुक्तस्य मात्रा च स्वयं पित्रा च भानुना । चचाल नैव कर्णस्य मति: सत्यधृतेस्तदा

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca evam uktasya mātrā ca svayaṃ pitrā ca bhānunā | cacāla naiva karṇasya matiḥ satyadhṛtes tadā ||

Translation

ヴァイシャṃパーヤナは語った。母も、父たるバーヌ（太陽神）もこのように告げたが、その時カルナの思いは少しも揺らがなかった。真実に堅く支えられ、みずから抱いた誓いに不動であったからである。

Word by Word

• वैशम्पायनः: Vaiśampāyana
• वैशम्पायनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैशम्पायन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• उक्तस्य: of (him) who was spoken to / when addressed
• उक्तस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वच्
• Form: Past Passive Participle (kta), Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• मात्रा: by (his) mother
• मात्रा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातृ
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• स्वयम्: personally
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वयम्

• पित्रा: by (his) father
• पित्रा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• भानुना: by Bhānu (name) / by the Sun
• भानुना: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भानु
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• चचाल: moved, wavered
• Type: Verb
• Root: चल्
• Form: Perfect, Third, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• एव: indeed, at all
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• कर्णस्य: of Karṇa
• कर्णस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्ण
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• मतिः: mind, resolve
• मतिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मति
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• सत्यधृतेः: of Satyadhṛti (name) / of one whose firmness is truth
• सत्यधृतेः: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्यधृति
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Karṇa
• Mother (mātā)
• Father (pitā)
• Bhānu

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights satya-niṣṭhā—steadfast adherence to truth and one’s pledged commitment. Even strong emotional appeals from family do not move a person whose resolve is grounded in truth and a consciously accepted duty.

What is happening in the narrative?

After being addressed and urged by his mother and by his father Bhānu, Karṇa remains unmoved. The narrator emphasizes that his mind does not waver at that moment because he is sustained by truth and firm resolve.