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Shloka 18

भीष्मस्य दुर्योधनं प्रति कुलहितोपदेशः | Bhīṣma’s Counsel to Duryodhana on Dynastic Welfare

जो किसीके द्वारा अच्छी तरह पालित-पोषित होकर कृतार्थ होते हैं; परंतु उस उपकारका बदला चुकाने-योग्य समय आनेपर जो अस्थिरचित्त पापात्मा पुरुष पूर्वकृत उपकारोंको न देखकर बदल जाते हैं, वे स्वामीके अन्नका अपहरण करनेवाले तथा उपकारी राजाके प्रति अपराधी हैं। उन पापाचारी कृतघ्नोंके लिये न तो यह लोक सुखद होता है न परलोक ही ।। धृतराष्ट्रस्य पुत्राणामर्थे योत्स्यामि ते सुतैः । बलं॑ च शक्ति चास्थाय न वै त्वय्यनृतं वदे,मैं तुमसे झूठ नहीं बोलता। धृतराष्ट्रके पुत्रोंक लिये मैं अपनी शक्ति और बलके अनुसार तुम्हारे पुत्रोंके साथ युद्ध अवश्य करूँगा

dhṛtarāṣṭrasya putrāṇām arthe yotsyāmi te sutaiḥ | balaṃ ca śaktiṃ cāsthāya na vai tvayy anṛtaṃ vade ||

Karna disse: “Aquele que, bem nutrido e amparado, se torna realizado, mas quando chega o tempo de retribuir o favor, por mente instável e alma pecadora, não considera os benefícios recebidos e muda de lado, esse é ladrão do pão do seu senhor e culpado perante o rei benfeitor. Para tais ingratos manchados de pecado, nem este mundo é feliz nem o outro. Pelo bem dos filhos de Dhṛtarāṣṭra, lutarei certamente contra os teus filhos, apoiando-me em toda a minha força e poder. Não te falo falsidade.”

धृतराष्ट्रस्यof Dhṛtarāṣṭra
धृतराष्ट्रस्य:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootधृतराष्ट्र
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
पुत्राणाम्of (the) sons
पुत्राणाम्:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootपुत्र
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
अर्थेfor the sake (of), in the cause of
अर्थे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootअर्थ
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
योत्स्यामिI shall fight
योत्स्यामि:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootयुध्
FormFuture (Simple Future/luṭ), 1st, Singular, Parasmaipada
तेof you/your
ते:
Sambandha
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
FormGenitive, Singular
सुतैःwith (your) sons
सुतैः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootसुत
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Plural
बलम्strength
बलम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootबल
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
शक्तिम्power, capability
शक्तिम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootशक्ति
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
आस्थायhaving relied on / having taken up
आस्थाय:
TypeVerb
Rootआ-स्था
FormAbsolutive (Gerund/क्त्वा-न्त, ल्यप्), Parasmaipada (usage)
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
वैindeed, surely
वै:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवै
त्वयिin you / to you (as the one concerned)
त्वयि:
Adhikarana
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
FormLocative, Singular
अनृतम्untruth, falsehood
अनृतम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअनृत
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
वदेI speak / I say
वदे:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootवद्
FormPresent, 1st, Singular, Atmanepada

कर्ण उवाच

K
Karna
D
Dhṛtarāṣṭra
D
Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s sons (Kauravas)
Y
your sons (Pāṇḍavas, implied addressee)

Educational Q&A

The passage upholds gratitude and loyalty as ethical duties: one who abandons a benefactor when repayment is due is condemned as ungrateful and sinful, while Karna presents his own stance as steadfast repayment and truthfulness.

Karna declares to his interlocutor (addressing the father of the Pāṇḍavas in context) that he will fight the Pāṇḍavas for the sake of Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s sons, asserting that he is speaking truth and will act according to his strength and power.