Shloka 5
Jayadratha Approaches Draupadī in the Forest
Hospitality, Persuasion, and Reproach
यद्येवं पाण्डवै राजन् भवद्विषयवासिभि:
yadyevaṃ pāṇḍavai rājan bhavadviṣayavāsibhiḥ
កರ್ಣៈ បាននិយាយថា៖ «បើដូច្នោះមែន ព្រះមហាក្សត្រ អ្នកដែលរស់នៅក្នុងដែនដីរបស់ព្រះអង្គ—អ្នកស្ថិតក្រោមអំណាចរបស់ព្រះអង្គ—ចូរឲ្យដោះស្រាយរឿងពាក់ព័ន្ធនឹងបណ្ឌវៈឲ្យសមតាមនោះ»។
कर्ण उवाच
Educational Q&A
The line frames a principle of governance: decisions affecting others—here, the Pāṇḍavas—should be handled through proper jurisdiction and the king’s own administrative sphere, emphasizing responsibility and orderly statecraft.
Karna is speaking to a king and, based on a preceding condition (“if it is so”), points to action involving the inhabitants of the king’s territory in relation to the Pāṇḍavas, indicating counsel on how the situation should be managed.