Mahabharata 7.3.10 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 3, Shloka 10

भीष्मपातने कर्णविलापः | Karṇa’s Lament upon Seeing Bhīṣma Fallen

Devanagari script

00/वी00५ (0. न नूनं सुकृतस्येह फलं कश्चित्‌ समश्लुते

Transliteration

na nūnaṁ sukṛtasyeha phalaṁ kaścit samaśnute

Translation

សញ្ជ័យបាននិយាយ៖ «ពិតប្រាកដណាស់ ក្នុងលោកនេះ មិនមាននរណាម្នាក់បានទទួលផលនៃកុសលកម្មយ៉ាងពេញលេញឡើយ»។

Word by Word

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

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

• सुकृतस्य: of good deed/merit
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुकृत
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• इह: here, in this world
• इह: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह

• फलम्: fruit, result
• फलम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• कश्चित्: someone, anyone
• कश्चित्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: कश्चित्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• समश्नुते: attains, obtains, enjoys
• Type: Verb
• Root: अश् (अश्नुते)
• Form: Present, 3rd, Singular, Atmanepada

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse expresses a crisis of faith in moral causality: even virtuous action (sukṛta) may appear unrewarded in the harsh realities of war, prompting reflection on how and when karmic results manifest.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya, reporting events of the Drona Parva, utters a lament-like observation as the battle’s brutality intensifies, implying that the expected rewards of righteousness seem absent amid widespread destruction.