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Shloka 22

आदि पर्व, अध्याय 104 — कर्णोत्पत्ति, दानधर्म, वैकर्तन-नामकरण

Karna’s Birth, Gift-Ethic, and the Name Vaikartana

यथा ते कुलतन्तुश्न धर्मश्व न पराभवेत्‌ । सुहृदश्न प्रह्ृष्येरंस्तथा कुरु परंतप,“परंतप! जिस उपायसे तुम्हारे वंशकी परम्परा नष्ट न हो, धर्मकी भी अवहेलना न होने पावे और प्रेमी सुहृद्‌ भी संतुष्ट हो जाये, वही करो”

yathā te kulatantuś ca dharmaś ca na parābhavet | suhṛdaś ca prahṛṣyeran tathā kuru paraṃtapa ||

โอ้ผู้เผาผลาญศัตรู จงกระทำให้เป็นไปดังนี้เถิด—ให้สายสกุลของท่านไม่ขาดตอน ให้ธรรมะไม่ถูกล่วงละเมิด และให้มิตรสหายผู้ปรารถนาดีด้วยความรักยินดีปรีดา จงทำสิ่งที่บรรลุครบถ้วนทั้งสิ้นนั้นเอง

यथाas, in such a way that
यथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा
तेof you/your
ते:
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
FormGenitive, Singular
कुलतन्तुःthe lineage-thread (family line)
कुलतन्तुः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootकुलतन्तु
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
धर्मःdharma, righteousness
धर्मः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootधर्म
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
पराभवेत्should be defeated/overcome; should suffer downfall
पराभवेत्:
TypeVerb
Rootपराभू
FormOptative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
सुहृदःfriends, well-wishers
सुहृदः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootसुहृद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
प्रहृष्येरन्should rejoice/be delighted
प्रहृष्येरन्:
TypeVerb
Rootप्रहृष्
FormOptative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada
तथाthus, in that manner
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
कुरुdo (it)
कुरु:
TypeVerb
Rootकृ
FormImperative (Lot), 2nd, Singular, Parasmaipada
परंतपO scorcher of foes (epithet)
परंतप:
TypeNoun
Rootपरंतप
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular

वैशम्पायन उवाच

V
Vaiśampāyana
P
Paraṃtapa (epithet of the addressee)

Educational Q&A

The verse teaches integrated ethical decision-making: one should choose a course of action that preserves family continuity, upholds dharma, and maintains the goodwill of sincere well-wishers—balancing personal, social, and moral obligations.

Vaiśampāyana, narrating the epic, reports advice given to a heroic figure addressed as “Paraṃtapa,” urging him to act in a way that avoids dynastic rupture, prevents any breach of dharma, and keeps trusted friends satisfied.