Shloka 4
Adhyāya 2: Nārada’s Disclosure—Karṇa’s Training and the Brahmin’s Curse (Śānti-parva)
क्षत्रं स्वर्ग कथं गच्छेच्छस्त्रपूतमिति प्रभो । संघर्षजननस्तस्मात् कन्यागर्भो विनिर्मित:
kṣatraṃ svargaṃ kathaṃ gacchec chastrapūtam iti prabho | saṃgharṣa-jananas tasmāt kanyā-garbho vinirmitaḥ ||
ນາຣະດະ ກ່າວວ່າ: «ໂອ ທ່ານເຈົ້ານາຍ, ‘ຊົນຊັ້ນນັກຮົບ (ກະສັດຕຣະ) ຈະໄປຮອດສະຫວັນໄດ້ແນວໃດ ໂດຍຖືກຊຳລະດ້ວຍການສຳຜັດແຫ່ງອາວຸດ?’ ດັ່ງນັ້ນ ເພື່ອໃຫ້ເກີດການປະທະນັ້ນ—ເພື່ອໃຫ້ເຂົາເຈົ້າ ‘ບໍລິສຸດ’ ຜ່ານສົງຄາມ—ເດັກນ້ອຍຜູ້ໜຶ່ງຈຶ່ງຖືກປັ້ນຂຶ້ນຈາກຄັນຂອງສາວພຣົມຈັນ, ເພື່ອໃຫ້ເຂົາເປັນຜູ້ກໍ່ກຳເນີດແຫ່ງຄວາມຂັດແຍ່ງ.»
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse presents a severe dharmic idea: for kṣatriyas, death in battle can function as a kind of ‘purification’ leading to svarga. It also raises an ethical tension—violence is not celebrated for its own sake, but shown as a providential mechanism tied to duty, destiny, and the cosmic regulation of power.
Nārada explains a divine deliberation: seeking a way for the entire kṣatriya community to reach heaven through being ‘purified by weapons,’ a cause of great conflict is set in motion by creating a child from a maiden’s womb—an agent who will become the catalyst for widespread confrontation.