Shloka 29
कर्णपरर्वणि त्रयोचत्वारिंशदध्यायः (Karṇa-parva Adhyāya 43) — Kṛṣṇa’s Battlefield Assessment and the Reversal Around Bhīma
Devanagari script
इति गायन्ति ये मत्ता: सीधुना शाकलाश्च ये
Transliteration
iti gāyanti ye mattāḥ sīdhunā śākalāś ca ye
Translation
असेच ते गातात जे सीधु पिऊन मत्त झालेले असतात—आणि तेही जे ‘शाकल’, ज्यांची वाणी तुटक व विस्कळीत असते.
Word by Word
इतिthus; so (quotative)
इति:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति
गायन्तिthey sing
गायन्ति:
TypeVerb
Rootगै (गायति)
FormLat (present indicative), 3rd, plural, Parasmaipada
येwho; those who
ये:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
Formmasculine, nominative, plural
मत्ताःintoxicated; drunk
मत्ताः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootमत्त (मत् + त)
Formmasculine, nominative, plural
सीधुनाwith sidhu (liquor)
सीधुना:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootसीधु
Formmasculine, instrumental, singular
शाकलाःthe Śākalas (people of Śākala)
शाकलाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootशाकल
Formmasculine, nominative, plural
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
येwho; those who
ये:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
Formmasculine, nominative, plural
Speaker
कर्ण उवाच
Characters & Entities
K
KarnaS
sīdhu (fermented liquor)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
Speech that arises from intoxication or fragmented, irresponsible minds should not be treated as authoritative; in moral crises like war, discernment about sources and self-control in speech are essential.
Karna is speaking and deriding a certain claim or refrain as the kind of thing sung by drunkards and incoherent talkers, rejecting it as untrustworthy within the tense battlefield discourse of the Karna Parva.