Shloka 2
Jayadratha Approaches Draupadī in the Forest
Hospitality, Persuasion, and Reproach
Devanagari script
सेनाजीवैश्व कौरव्य तथा विषयवासिभि:
Transliteration
senājīvaiś ca kauravya tathā viṣayavāsibhiḥ
Translation
おおクル族の裔よ、このことに軍の生計も、また国土に住む民の生計も懸かっている。ゆえに先を見通して治め、王の政が戦う軍勢と国に住まう人々の双方を支えるようにせねばならぬ。
Word by Word
सेनाजीवैःby/with the military-livers (soldiers/mercenaries)
सेनाजीवैः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootसेनाजीव
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Plural
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
कौरव्यO Kauravya (descendant of Kuru)
कौरव्य:
TypeNoun
Rootकौरव्य
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
तथाlikewise/also
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
विषयवासिभिःby/with the inhabitants of the districts/territories
विषयवासिभिः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootविषयवासी
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Plural
Speaker
कर्ण उवाच
Characters & Entities
K
Kauravya (a Kuru prince, addressee)S
Senā (army)V
Viṣaya (realm/territory)V
Viṣayavāsins (inhabitants of the realm)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
Karna frames a rājadharma principle: a ruler’s decisions must sustain both the military establishment and the ordinary residents of the realm, since the stability of the state rests on the welfare and livelihood of both.
Karna addresses a Kuru prince (“Kauravya”) and points to the interconnected dependence between the army’s maintenance and the people living in the territory, setting up an argument about prudent governance and policy.