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Shloka 11

उद्योगपर्व — अध्याय १४० (कृष्णेन कर्णं प्रति पाण्डवबल-वैशिष्ट्यप्रदर्शनम्) / Udyoga Parva, Chapter 140

Krishna’s appraisal of Pandava advantage and war portents

तासु पुत्राश्न पौत्राश्न मम जाता जनार्दन | तासु मे हृदयं कृष्ण संजातं कामबन्धनम्‌

tāsu putrāś ca pautrāś ca mama jātā janārdana | tāsu me hṛdayaṃ kṛṣṇa sañjātaṃ kāmabandhanam |

കർണ്ണൻ പറഞ്ഞു—ഹേ ജനാർദന! ആ സ്ത്രീകളിൽ നിന്നാണ് എന്റെ പുത്രന്മാരും പൗത്രന്മാരും ജനിച്ചത്. ഹേ കൃഷ്ണാ! അവരുടെ പക്കൽ എന്റെ ഹൃദയം സ്നേഹവും കാമാസക്തിയും എന്ന ബന്ധനത്തിൽ കെട്ടപ്പെട്ടു.

तासुin those (women)
तासु:
Adhikarana
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormFeminine, Locative, Plural
पुत्राःsons
पुत्राः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपुत्र
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
पौत्राःgrandsons
पौत्राः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपौत्र
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
ममof me / my
मम:
Sampradana
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
Form—, Genitive, Singular
जाताःborn
जाताः:
TypeAdjective
Rootजात
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
जनार्दनO Janardana
जनार्दन:
TypeNoun
Rootजनार्दन
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
तासुin those (women)
तासु:
Adhikarana
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormFeminine, Locative, Plural
मेmy / of me
मे:
Sampradana
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
Form—, Genitive, Singular
हृदयम्heart
हृदयम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootहृदय
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
कृष्णO Krishna
कृष्ण:
TypeNoun
Rootकृष्ण
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
संजातम्has arisen / has become
संजातम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootसंजात
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
कामबन्धनम्bondage of desire / love-bond
कामबन्धनम्:
TypeNoun
Rootकाम-बन्धन
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular

कर्ण उवाच

K
Karna
J
Janārdana (Kṛṣṇa)
K
Kṛṣṇa

Educational Q&A

The verse highlights how familial ties and personal desire (kāma) can bind the heart, creating moral and emotional constraints that complicate one’s ability to act purely from dharma.

Karna addresses Kṛṣṇa (Janārdana), acknowledging that he has children and grandchildren through certain women and admitting that his heart has become attached to them—an admission of the powerful pull of personal bonds amid the looming conflict.