Shloka 50

युधिष्ठिरस्य धनंजय-प्रति गर्हा

Yudhiṣṭhira’s Reproach to Dhanaṃjaya

Devanagari script

अभिद्रुत्य तु राधेय: पाण्डुपुत्रं युधिष्ठिरम्‌

Transliteration

abhidrutya tu rādheyaḥ pāṇḍuputraṃ yudhiṣṭhiram | śubhalakṣaṇasampannena gaurahastena tasya skandhaṃ spṛṣṭvā balād grahītuṃ cikīrṣur iva, ātmānaṃ pavitrayitum iva | tasminn eva kāle kuntīdevyai dattavacanaṃ tasya smṛtim ājagāma ||

Translation

ସଞ୍ଜୟ କହିଲେ—ରାଧେୟ କର୍ଣ୍ଣ ପାଣ୍ଡୁପୁତ୍ର ଯୁଧିଷ୍ଠିରଙ୍କ ପଛେ ପଛେ ଧାଇଲେ। ବଜ୍ର, ଛତ୍ର, ଅଙ୍କୁଶ, ମତ୍ସ୍ୟ, ଧ୍ୱଜ, କୂର୍ମ ଓ କମଳ ଆଦି ଶୁଭଲକ୍ଷଣଯୁକ୍ତ ନିଜ ଧଳା ହାତରେ ସେ ଯୁଧିଷ୍ଠିରଙ୍କ କାନ୍ଧକୁ ସ୍ପର୍ଶ କରି, ଯେନେ ସେଇ ସ୍ପର୍ଶରେ ନିଜକୁ ପବିତ୍ର କରିବାକୁ ଚାହୁଁଥିବା ପରି, ବଳପୂର୍ବକ ଧରିବାକୁ ଉଦ୍ୟତ ହେଲେ; ସେଇ ମୁହୂର୍ତ୍ତରେ କୁନ୍ତୀଙ୍କୁ ଦିଆ ନିଜ ବଚନ ତାଙ୍କୁ ସ୍ମରଣ ହେଲା।

Word by Word

• अभिद्रुत्य: having rushed towards
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-√द्रु (द्रवति)
• Form: ल्यप् (क्त्वा-प्रत्ययार्थक अव्यय), कर्तरि, पूर्वकाल (absolutive)

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• राधेयः: Radheya (Karna)
• राधेयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राधेय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पाण्डुपुत्रम्: the son of Pandu
• पाण्डुपुत्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डुपुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• युधिष्ठिरम्: Yudhishthira
• युधिष्ठिरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Karṇa (Rādheya)
• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Pāṇḍu
• Kuntī
• auspicious hand-marks (vajra, chatra, aṅkuśa, matsya, dhvaja, kūrma, kamala)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even amid the fury of battle, moral restraint can arise from a prior vow: Karṇa’s remembered promise to Kuntī checks an impulse toward a decisive but ethically constrained act, showing how personal commitments and dharma can limit violence.

What is happening in the narrative?

Karṇa closes in on Yudhiṣṭhira and physically touches his shoulder, appearing ready to seize him; at that critical instant he recalls the word he had given to Kuntī, which alters or restrains his immediate course of action.