Shloka 6

Kuntī–Karṇa Saṃvāda: Lineage Disclosure and Appeal to Fraternal Dharma

Devanagari script

जयद्रथस्य कर्णस्य तथा दुःशासनस्यथ च । सौबलस्य च दुर्बुद्धा मिथो भेद: प्रपत्स्यते

Transliteration

jayadrathasya karṇasya tathā duḥśāsanasya tha ca | saubalasya ca durbuddhā mitho bhedaḥ prapatsyate ||

Translation

ဝိုင်ရှမ္ပါယနက ပြောသည်– အကြံဉာဏ်မကောင်းသူများဖြစ်သော ဂျယဒြထ၊ ကර්ဏ၊ ဒုရှာသန နှင့် ဆောဘလ (ရှကူနိ) တို့အကြား အပြန်အလှန် ကွဲပြားမှု ပေါ်ပေါက်လာမည်။ ဤသည်မှာ မာနနှင့် ကောက်ကျစ်သော နည်းဗျူဟာတို့က မောင်းနှင်သော အဓမ္မသည် မဟာမိတ်များကိုပင် တစ်ယောက်နှင့်တစ်ယောက် ဆန့်ကျင်စေပြီး စစ်လက်နက် မမြှောက်မီကတည်းက ပျက်စီးခြင်းကို အမြန်ဆန်စေမည်ဟု ကြိုတင်ညွှန်ပြခြင်းဖြစ်သည်။

Word by Word

• जयद्रथस्य: of Jayadratha
• जयद्रथस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: जयद्रथ
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• कर्णस्य: of Karna
• कर्णस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्ण
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• तथा: and likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• दुःशासनस्य: of Duhshasana
• दुःशासनस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुःशासन
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• अथ: and/then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• सौबलस्य: of Saubala (Shakuni)
• सौबलस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सौबल
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• दुर्बुद्धाः: evil-minded (persons)
• दुर्बुद्धाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुर्बुद्धि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• मिथः: mutually/among themselves
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मिथः

• भेदः: division/quarrel
• भेदः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भेद
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रपत्स्यते: will arise/occur
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + पत्
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), 3rd, Singular, Ātmanepada

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Jayadratha
• Karṇa
• Duḥśāsana
• Śakuni (Saubala)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Unrighteous counsel (durbuddhi) corrodes solidarity: when ambition and deceit guide decisions, even powerful allies fracture from within, making downfall a moral and practical inevitability.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśaṃpāyana foreshadows internal discord among key Kaurava-aligned figures—Jayadratha, Karṇa, Duḥśāsana, and Śakuni—indicating that their coalition, built on adharma and manipulation, will not remain stable.