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Shloka 21

यस्तु द्यूतजितां कृष्णां प्राहसत्‌ पुरुषाधम: । तस्याद्य सूतपुत्रस्य भूमि: पिबति शोणितम्‌,“जिस नराधमने जूएमें जीती हुई द्रौपदीका उपहास किया था, आज पृथ्वी उस सूतपुत्र कर्णका रक्त पी रही है

yas tu dyūtajitāṁ kṛṣṇāṁ prāhasat puruṣādhamaḥ | tasyādya sūtaputrasya bhūmiḥ pibati śoṇitam ||

సంజయుడు అన్నాడు—“పాశాలలో గెలుచబడిన కృష్ణా (ద్రౌపది)ని ఎగతాళి చేసిన ఆ నరాధముని—ఆ సూతపుత్రుని రక్తాన్ని నేడు భూమి త్రాగుతోంది.”

यःwho
यः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
तुbut/indeed
तु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु
द्यूतजिताम्won in gambling
द्यूतजिताम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootद्यूतजिता
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
कृष्णाम्Krishna (Draupadi)
कृष्णाम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootकृष्णा
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
प्राहसत्mocked/laughed at
प्राहसत्:
TypeVerb
Rootप्र-हस्
FormImperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular
पुरुषाधमःthe vilest of men
पुरुषाधमः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपुरुषाधम
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
तस्यof him
तस्य:
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular
अद्यtoday/now
अद्य:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअद्य
सूतपुत्रस्यof the charioteer’s son (Karna)
सूतपुत्रस्य:
TypeNoun
Rootसूतपुत्र
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
भूमिःthe earth
भूमिः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootभूमि
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
पिबतिdrinks
पिबति:
TypeVerb
Rootपा
FormPresent (Laṭ), 3rd, Singular
शोणितम्blood
शोणितम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootशोणित
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular

संजय उवाच

S
Sañjaya
K
Kṛṣṇā (Draupadī)
K
Karna (Sūtaputra)
B
Bhūmi (Earth)

Educational Q&A

The verse underscores moral causality: cruelty and public humiliation of the vulnerable—especially Draupadī’s dishonor after the dice-game—invite grave consequences. In the war’s outcome, Sañjaya interprets Karna’s suffering as the ripening of earlier adharma.

Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra during the Kurukṣetra war, pointing to Karna’s downfall. He recalls Karna’s earlier mockery of Draupadī when she was treated as a stake in gambling, and contrasts that past wrongdoing with the present scene of Karna bleeding on the battlefield.