Shloka 5

शोकाकुल-युधिष्ठिरं प्रति कुन्त्याः कालोचितोपदेशः | Kuntī’s Timely Counsel to the Grief-Stricken Yudhiṣṭhira

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वमें कर्णके पराक्रमका कथन नामक पाँचवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraṁ śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi antargate rājadharmānuśāsanaparvaṇi karṇaparākramakathana-nāmakaḥ pañcamo 'dhyāyaḥ samāptaḥ | yātitaḥ sa mayā pūrvaṁ bhrātṛyaṁ jñāpayituṁ tava | bhāskareṇa ca devena pitrā dharmabhūtāṁ vara ||

Translation

Assim termina o quinto capítulo, chamado “O Relato do Valor de Karṇa”, dentro da seção Rājadharmānuśāsana do Śānti Parva do Śrī Mahābhārata. Nārada diz: “Ó Yudhiṣṭhira, o melhor entre os justos, eu antes o exortei, buscando dar-te a conhecer o vínculo de fraternidade. E seu pai também—o divino Bhāskara, o deus Sol—fez o mesmo esforço.”

Word by Word

• यातितः: having been gone / having gone
• यातितः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु) / यात (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), masculine, nominative, singular

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: common, instrumental, singular

• पूर्वम्: formerly / earlier
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पूर्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• भ्रात्र्यम्: brotherhood / (the fact of being) brothers
• भ्रात्र्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भ्रातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• ज्ञापयितुम्: to inform / to make known
• Type: Verb
• Root: ज्ञा (धातु) / ज्ञापय (णिच्-धातु)
• Form: तुमुन् (infinitive), parasmaipada (causative base)

• तव: of you / to you
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: common, genitive, singular

• भास्करेण: by Bhāskara (the Sun)
• भास्करेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भास्कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine, instrumental, singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)

• देवेन: by the god
• देवेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine, instrumental, singular

• पित्रा: by (his) father
• पित्रा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine, instrumental, singular

• धर्मभूताम्: one who is of the nature of dharma / righteous
• धर्मभूताम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धर्मभूत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: feminine, accusative, singular

• वर: O best / O excellent one
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Karṇa
• Bhāskara (Sūrya, the Sun-god)
• Pāṇḍavas
• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Śānti Parva
• Rājadharmānuśāsana Parva/section

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even authoritative revelation of truth (by sages and gods) does not automatically transform human allegiance; dharma involves not only knowing what is right but also having the courage and timing to act on it, and the narrative highlights the ethical cost when truth is recognized yet not embraced.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada addresses Yudhiṣṭhira, stating that he previously tried to inform Karṇa about his fraternal relationship with the Pāṇḍavas, and that Karṇa’s divine father Bhāskara (the Sun) also attempted the same—framing the background to Karṇa’s choices despite knowing his true kinship.