Shloka 37
Devanagari script
पुत्रसंकरिणो जाल्मा: सर्वन्नक्षीरभोजना:
Transliteration
putrasaṅkariṇo jālmāḥ sarvannakṣīrabhojanāḥ
Translation
அட கீழ்மக்களே! நீங்கள் குலத்தைச் சிதைக்கும்ோர்—எது கிடைத்தாலும் அனைத்தையும் உண்ணுகிறீர்கள்; பாலும் பால்வகைகளும் உங்களின் உணவாகின்றன।
Word by Word
पुत्रसंकरिणःthose who cause mixing/confusion of progeny (adulterators of lineage)
पुत्रसंकरिणः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootपुत्रसंकरिन्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
जाल्माःwretches, vile men
जाल्माः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootजाल्म
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
सर्वान्नक्षीरभोजनाःeaters of all kinds of food and milk (i.e., indiscriminate eaters)
सर्वान्नक्षीरभोजनाः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्वान्नक्षीरभोजन
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
Speaker
कर्ण उवाच
Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
The line reflects how, in the heat of war, moral judgment is expressed through social categories—lineage, conduct, and discipline—yet it also shows the ethical danger of reducing opponents to abusive labels rather than assessing actions with restraint.
Karna is speaking in anger, hurling a contemptuous insult at his opponents, accusing them of corrupting lineage and of indiscriminate, undisciplined living—rhetoric meant to demean and provoke amid the battlefield exchange.