Shloka 22

कर्णपर्व — पञ्चदशोऽध्यायः | Karṇa Parva, Chapter 15: Pāṇḍya’s Advance and Aśvatthāmā’s Counterstroke

Devanagari script

यदि मां मन्यसे वीर प्राप्तमहमिहातिथिम्‌

Transliteration

yadi māṃ manyase vīra prāptam aham ihātithim

Translation

संजय म्हणाला—हे वीर! तू मला येथे आलेला अतिथी मानत असशील, तर अतिथिधर्माप्रमाणे माझा यथोचित सत्कार कर।

Word by Word

• यदि: if
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहम्
• Form: common, accusative, singular

• मन्यसे: you think/consider
• मन्यसे: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: मन् (मन्यते)
• Form: present, second, singular, ātmanepada

• वीर: O hero
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• प्राप्तम्: arrived, come
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र-आप् (प्राप्त)
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहम्
• Form: common, nominative, singular

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह

• अतिथिम्: guest
• अतिथिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अतिथि
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• vīra (addressed hero, unspecified in this single line)
• ātithi (guest)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse gestures to ātithi-dharma: if someone is accepted as a guest, they should be received with honor and appropriate conduct. It frames ethical obligation through the social-religious norm of hospitality.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya addresses a warrior-leader as “hero” and positions himself as an arriving guest. The statement functions as a preface to being received, heard, or granted proper attention in the midst of the larger war-time setting of the Karṇa Parva.