Shloka 7

Jayadratha Approaches Draupadī in the Forest

Hospitality, Persuasion, and Reproach

Devanagari script

शूराश्ष बलवन्तश्न संयुगेष्वपलायिन:

Transliteration

śūrāś ca balavantaś ca saṃyugeṣv apalāyinaḥ

Translation

カルナは宣言する。真の勇士とは、強く揺るがぬ者——戦の激突にあって背を向けぬ者である。

Word by Word

• शूराः: heroes, brave men
• शूराः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शूर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• बलवन्तः: strong, powerful
• बलवन्तः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बलवत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

• संयुगेषु: in battles, in combats
• संयुगेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: संयुग
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Plural

• अपलायिनः: not fleeing, non-retreating
• अपलायिनः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अपलायिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

कर्ण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Karna

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Valor is not merely strength but steadfastness: a true warrior is one who does not abandon duty and honor by fleeing when battle becomes dangerous.

What is happening in the narrative?

Speaking as Karna, the verse characterizes certain fighters as genuinely heroic—strong and unyielding—emphasizing their refusal to retreat in combat, a key marker of martial honor in the epic.