Shloka 706

Devanagari script

बलवीर्यमद्द कर्ण त्यक्त्वा क्षान्तिमुपागत: । कर्ण! इस प्रकार जूठन खाकर पुष्ट हुआ कौआ उस हंससे पराजित हो अपने महान्‌ बल-पराक्रमका घमंड छोड़कर शान्त हो गया

Transliteration

balavīryamadda karṇa tyaktvā kṣāntim upāgataḥ | karṇa! evaṃ prakāraṃ jūṭhanaṃ khātvā puṣṭaḥ kākaḥ sa haṃsena parājitaḥ san mahān bala-parākramasya garvaṃ tyaktvā śāntaḥ abhavat |

Translation

ହେ କର୍ଣ୍ଣ! ବଳ ଓ ପରାକ୍ରମର ମଦରେ ମତ୍ତ ଥିବା ସେ କାଉ, ହଂସ ଦ୍ୱାରା ପରାଜିତ ହୋଇ ନିଜ ମହାବଳ-ପରାକ୍ରମର ଗର୍ବ ତ୍ୟାଗ କରି ଶାନ୍ତ ହେଲା। ଜୁଠା ଖାଇ ପୁଷ୍ଟ ହୋଇଥିଲେ ମଧ୍ୟ, ଶ୍ରେଷ୍ଠଙ୍କ ସମ୍ମୁଖେ ପଡ଼ି ସେ ସଂୟମ ଶିଖିଲା ଓ ଅହଂକାର ଛାଡ଼ିଲା।

Word by Word

• बलवीर्यमदात्: from (his) intoxication of strength and heroism
• बलवीर्यमदात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: बलवीर्यमद
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• कर्ण: O Karna
• कर्ण: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्ण
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• त्यक्त्वा: having abandoned
• त्यक्त्वा: Karana
• Type: Verb
• Root: त्यज्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral)

• क्षान्तिम्: patience; forbearance; calmness
• क्षान्तिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षान्ति
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• उपागतः: has attained; came to
• उपागतः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-गम्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle used actively), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

काक उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Karna
• Crow (Kāka)
• Swan (Haṃsa)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Pride born of strength is unstable; true nobility is to abandon arrogance and cultivate kṣānti (forbearance). Being well-fed or outwardly strong does not equal genuine superiority—humility and restraint are the ethical ideal.

What is happening in the narrative?

A crow, emboldened after growing strong by eating scraps, confronts a swan and is defeated. Addressing Karṇa, the speaker uses this as a moral example: the crow gives up its boastful confidence in power and becomes calm.