Shloka 15

Adhyāya 5 (Śānti-parva): Nārada’s account of Karṇa—Jarāsandha encounter and the causal grounds of Karṇa’s fall

Devanagari script

एवं शप्तस्तव भ्राता बहुभिश्नापि वज्चित:ः । न शोच्य: पुरुषव्याप्र युद्धेन निधनं गत:

Transliteration

evaṁ śaptas tava bhrātā bahubhiś cāpi vañcitaḥ | na śocyaḥ puruṣavyāghra yuddhena nidhanaṁ gataḥ puruṣasiṁha yudhiṣṭhira ||

Translation

ନାରଦ କହିଲେ—ପୁରୁଷବ୍ୟାଘ୍ର ଯୁଧିଷ୍ଠିର! ଏହିପରି ତୁମ ଭ୍ରାତା ଶାପଗ୍ରସ୍ତ ଥିଲେ ଏବଂ ଅନେକଙ୍କ ଦ୍ୱାରା ବଞ୍ଚିତ ମଧ୍ୟ ହୋଇଥିଲେ; ତଥାପି ସେ ଯୁଦ୍ଧରେ ନିଧନ ପାଇଛନ୍ତି—ଏହିହେତୁ ସେ ଶୋକଯୋଗ୍ୟ ନୁହେଁ।

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus, in this manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• शप्तः: cursed
• शप्तः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शप् (धातु) → शप्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तव: of you, your
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• भ्राता: brother
• भ्राता: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भ्रातृ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• बहुभिः: by many (people)
• बहुभिः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• अपि: also, even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• वञ्चितः: deceived, cheated
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वञ्च् (धातु) → वञ्चित (कृदन्त)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• शोच्यः: to be mourned (worthy of grief)
• शोच्यः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुच् (धातु) → शोच्य (कृदन्त, -य)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पुरुषव्याघ्र: O tiger among men
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुष-व्याघ्र
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• युद्धेन: by/through war, in battle
• युद्धेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: युद्ध
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• निधनम्: death, destruction
• निधनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: निधन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• गतः: has gone to, has met (death)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु) → गत (कृदन्त)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पुरुषसिंह: O lion among men
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुष-सिंह
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• युधिष्ठिर: O Yudhiṣṭhira
• Type: ProperNoun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Karna

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Nārada urges Yudhiṣṭhira to restrain grief by viewing death in battle within a dharmic frame: even when a person is burdened by curses and human deceit, the end that comes through war is presented as a completed destiny, and excessive lamentation is discouraged.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada addresses Yudhiṣṭhira and speaks about his brother Karṇa, noting that Karṇa had been cursed and also misled by many; yet since he died in the war, Nārada counsels that Yudhiṣṭhira should not treat him as an object of prolonged mourning.