Shloka 3
उद्योगपर्व — अध्याय १४० (कृष्णेन कर्णं प्रति पाण्डवबल-वैशिष्ट्यप्रदर्शनम्) / Udyoga Parva, Chapter 140
Krishna’s appraisal of Pandava advantage and war portents
कन्या गर्भ समाधत्त भास्करान्मां जनार्दन । आदित्यवचनाच्चैव जात॑ मां सा व्यसर्जयत्
kanyā garbhaṃ samādhatta bhāskarān māṃ janārdana | ādityavacanāc caiva jātaṃ māṃ sā vyasarjayat ||
Karna berkata: “Wahai Janārdana, ketika masih gadis belum bersuami, dia mengandungkan aku melalui Dewa Surya (Bhāskara). Dan menurut titah Surya juga, setelah aku lahir dia menghanyutkan aku—menyerahkanku kepada takdir.”
कर्ण उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the ethical tension between divine causation and human responsibility: even when events begin through a god’s power, the human choices made under social fear—such as abandoning a child—carry lasting moral and psychological consequences.
Karna recounts to Kṛṣṇa (Janārdana) the circumstances of his birth: Kuntī, still a maiden, conceived him through the Sun-god, and after his birth—following the Sun’s counsel—she abandoned him, setting the stage for Karna’s lifelong struggle with identity and honor.