Shloka 6

Kṛpa’s Archery Display; Śikhaṇḍin Checked; Suketu Slain; Dhṛṣṭadyumna–Kṛtavarmā Clash (कृपशौर्य–पार्षतहार्दिक्ययुद्धम्)

Devanagari script

अप्रार्थितं प्रार्थयसे सुह्ददो न हि सन्ति ते । ये त्वां न वारयन्त्याशु प्रपतन्तं हुताशने

Transliteration

aprārthitaṁ prārthayase suhr̥do na hi santi te | ye tvāṁ na vārayantyāśu prapatantaṁ hutāśane ||

Translation

«Ты просишь о том, о чём прежде никто не просил. Похоже, у тебя нет истинных доброжелателей — тех, кто тотчас удержал бы тебя, когда ты стремглав бросаешься в огонь».

Word by Word

• अप्रार्थितम्: unasked-for, not requested
• अप्रार्थितम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अप्रार्थित (प्रार्थित < √अर्थ्/अर्थय् ‘याचना’)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• प्रार्थयसे: you request, you ask for
• प्रार्थयसे: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अर्थ्/अर्थय् (प्रार्थयति)
• Form: Present, Second, Singular, Ātmanepada

• सुहृदः: friends, well-wishers
• सुहृदः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुहृद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

• हि: indeed, for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• सन्ति: are, exist
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस्
• Form: Present, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• ते: of you, your
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• ये: who (those who)
• ये: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• त्वाम्: you
• त्वाम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

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

• वारयन्ति: restrain, prevent
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वृ (वारयति ‘निवारयति’)
• Form: Present, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• आशु: quickly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आशु

• प्रपतन्तम्: falling (headlong)
• प्रपतन्तम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रपतत् (प्र + √पत्)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• हुताशने: in the fire (lit. eater of oblations)
• हुताशने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: हुताशन
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

Speaker

शल्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śalya
• fire (hutāśana)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A true friend restrains one from self-destructive choices; seeking what is improper or unprecedented can be like rushing into fire, and the absence of corrective counsel signals a lack of genuine well-wishers.

What is happening in the narrative?

Śalya rebukes the addressee (in context, Karṇa) for making a perilous request and uses the metaphor of plunging into fire to warn that no real friends are stopping him from a ruinous course.