Shloka 21

कर्णनिधनवृत्तान्तनिवेदनम् | Reporting Karṇa’s Fall to Yudhiṣṭhira

Devanagari script

न हि कार्यमकार्य वा सुखं ज्ञातुं कथंचन । श्रुतेन ज्ञायते सर्व तच्च त्वं नावबुध्यसे,कर्तव्य और अकर्तव्यका ज्ञान किसी तरह भी अनायास ही नहीं हो जाता है। वह सब शास्त्रसे जाना जाता है और शास्त्रका तुम्हें पता ही नहीं है

Transliteration

na hi kāryam akāryaṃ vā sukhaṃ jñātuṃ kathaṃcana | śrutena jñāyate sarvaṃ tac ca tvaṃ nāvabudhyase ||

Translation

न हि कार्यमकार्यं वा सुखं ज्ञातुं कथंचन। श्रुतेन ज्ञायते सर्वं तच्च त्वं नावबुध्यसे॥

Word by Word

nanot

hiindeed/for

kāryamwhat ought to be done (duty)

akāryamwhat ought not to be done (forbidden act)

vāor

sukhameasily

jñātumto know

kathaṃcanain any way/at all

śrutenaby scripture/by what is heard (śruti/teaching)

jñāyateis known/is ascertained

sarvamall (of it)

tatthat

caand

tvamyou

nanot

avabudhyaseyou understand/you comprehend

Speaker

श्रीकृष्ण उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Kṛṣṇa

śruti

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes