Shloka 67

Karna Reproves Shalya; Brahmin Reports on Bāhlīkas; Shalya’s Universalizing Rebuttal (कर्ण–शल्य संवादः)

Devanagari script

एवं कृते कृतं साहां सर्वकामैर्भविष्यति

Transliteration

evaṃ kṛte kṛtaṃ sāhaṃ sarvakāmair bhaviṣyati | bhārata! tadāhaṃ saṅgrāme yat kiṃcid kariṣyāmi, tat tvaṃ svayaṃ drakṣyasi | yuddhasthale āgatān samastān pāṇḍavān niścayaṃ sarvathā jayiṣyāmi ||

Translation

ກະນະໄດ້ກ່າວວ່າ: «ຖ້າເຮັດເຊັ່ນນີ້ ຂ້າພະເຈົ້າຈະໄດ້ຮັບການສະໜັບສະໜູນຢ່າງຄົບຖ້ວນ ຕາມຄວາມປາຖະໜາທັງປວງຂອງຂ້າພະເຈົ້າ. ໂອ ພາຣະຕະ! ໃນເວລານັ້ນ ສິ່ງທີ່ຂ້າພະເຈົ້າຈະເຮັດໃນສົງຄາມ ທ່ານຈະເຫັນດ້ວຍຕາຂອງຕົນເອງ. ໃນສະໜາມຮົບ ຂ້າພະເຈົ້າຈະຊະນະພວກປານດະວະທັງໝົດທີ່ມາປະຈັນໜ້າ ຢ່າງແນ່ນອນ ໃນທຸກວິທີ»

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus, in this manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• कृते: when (it is) done
• कृते: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृत
• Form: neuter, locative, singular

• कृतम्: done, accomplished
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृत
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• साहाम्: help, assistance
• साहाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: साहा
• Form: feminine, accusative, singular

• सर्वकामैः: with all desires (fulfilled) / by all desired (means)
• सर्वकामैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्वकाम
• Form: masculine, instrumental, plural

• भविष्यति: will be, will become
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: simple future (luṭ), third, singular

Speaker

कर्ण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Karna
• Bhārata (addressed person, a Kuru prince)
• Pāṇḍavas
• battlefield (yuddhasthala)
• war/battle (saṅgrāma/yuddha)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the warrior’s ethic of resolve and public accountability: Karna frames success as contingent on a prior condition being fulfilled, then stakes his honor on visible action in battle. Ethically, it also illustrates how personal ambition and rivalry can be expressed as certainty of victory, a stance that the epic often tests against dharma and fate.

What is happening in the narrative?

Karna, speaking to a Kuru addressed as “Bhārata,” declares that if the requested/required step is carried out, his aims will be fully supported; he then promises that his deeds in the coming fight will be witnessed directly and asserts that he will defeat all the Pāṇḍavas on the battlefield.