Shloka 64
कर्णनिधनवृत्तान्तनिवेदनम् | Reporting Karṇa’s Fall to Yudhiṣṭhira
Devanagari script
न च तेभ्यो धनं देयं शक्ये सति कथंचन
Transliteration
na ca tebhyo dhanaṃ deyaṃ śakye sati kathaṃcana
Translation
ಮತ್ತು ಸಾಧ್ಯವಿದ್ದರೆ ಯಾವ ಪರಿಸ್ಥಿತಿಯಲ್ಲಿಯೂ ಅವರಿಗೆ ಧನವನ್ನು ಕೊಡಬಾರದು.
Word by Word
नnot
न:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
तेभ्यःto them
तेभ्यः:
Sampradana
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
Formmasculine/neuter, dative/ablative, plural
धनम्wealth, money
धनम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootधन
Formneuter, accusative, singular
देयम्to be given / should be given
देयम्:
TypeVerb
Rootदा
Formयत् (gerundive), passive (obligative), neuter, nominative/accusative, singular
शक्येwhen possible / in the possible (case)
शक्ये:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootशक्य
Formneuter, locative, singular
सतिbeing (so), existing
सति:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootसत्
Formशतृ (present active participle), neuter, locative, singular
कथंचनin any way; at all
कथंचन:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकथंचन
Speaker
वायुदेव उवाच
Characters & Entities
व
वायुदेव (Vāyudeva)त
ते (they/them—unspecified group in this pāda)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
Wealth and support should not be given indiscriminately; when one has the agency to choose, one must refuse to fund or empower those aligned with adharma. Ethical giving includes restraint.
Vāyudeva is speaking in counsel, issuing a categorical prohibition: do not give wealth to “them,” emphasizing that if it is possible to refrain, one should not provide resources that could aid an improper cause.