Shloka 826

Devanagari script

प्रमुखे पाण्डवेयानां कुरूणां च नृशंसवत्‌ | “इसके सिवा, कर्णने भरी सभामें पाण्डवों और कौरवोंके सामने एक क्रूर मनुष्यकी भाँति द्रौपदीके प्रति इस तरह कठोर वचन कहे थे

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | pramukhe pāṇḍaveyānāṁ kurūṇāṁ ca nṛśaṁsavat |

Translation

ສັນຊະຍະກ່າວວ່າ: ໃນທ່າມກາງພວກປານດະວະ ແລະພວກກຸຣຸ ໃນສະພາໃຫຍ່ນັ້ນ ກັນນະ—ປະພຶດດັ່ງຄົນໂຫດຮ້າຍ—ເຄີຍເວົ້າຄຳຮຸນແຮງ ແລະບາດໃຈ ຕໍ່ດຣອປະດີ. ການລະລຶກນີ້ຕອກຢ້ຳມົນທິນທາງຈັນຍາຂອງການປະຈານໜ້າສາທາລະນະ ແລະຄຳເວົ້າໂຫດຮ້າຍ ອັນເປັນຄວາມຜິດຫນັກ ທີ່ເພີ່ມນ້ຳໜັກທາງທຳຂອງສົງຄາມນີ້.

Word by Word

• प्रमुखे: in the presence/front
• प्रमुखे: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रमुख
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• पाण्डवेयानाम्: of the Pandavas' side/people (Pandava princes)
• पाण्डवेयानाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डवेय
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• कुरूणाम्: of the Kurus (Kauravas)
• कुरूणाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुरु
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

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

• नृशंसवत्: cruelly; like a cruel man
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नृशंसवत्

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sanjaya
• Pandavas
• Kurus (Kauravas/Kuru court)
• Karna
• Draupadi
• sabha (royal assembly)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Cruel speech and public humiliation are portrayed as serious adharma: words spoken in a powerful public setting can become lasting moral injuries, intensifying enmity and contributing to the ethical burden that culminates in war.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sanjaya reminds Dhritarashtra of Karna’s earlier conduct in the royal assembly: in front of both Pandavas and Kurus, Karna spoke harshly to Draupadi. The passage functions as a retrospective moral indictment within the war narrative.