Shloka 96

काकोपमोपदेशः

The Crow-and-Swan Exemplum as Counsel to Karṇa

Devanagari script

सारथिं चोदयामास याहि यत्र सुयोधन: । तब मदस्रावी हाथीके समान कुपित हुए राजा युधिष्ठिरने भी अपने सारथिको आज्ञा दी, “जहाँ दुर्योधन है, वहीं चलो”

Transliteration

sārathiṁ codayāmāsa yāhi yatra suyodhanaḥ |

Translation

สัญชัยกล่าวว่า—ครั้นนั้นพระเจ้ายุดิษฐิระผู้เดือดดาล จึงเร่งสารถีว่า “จงไปยังที่ซุโยธนะ (ทุรโยธนะ) อยู่ ณ ที่นั้น”

Word by Word

• सारथिम्: charioteer
• सारथिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सारथि
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• चोदयामास: urged, commanded, set in motion
• Type: Verb
• Root: चुद्
• Form: Perfect (Periphrastic Perfect), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• याहि: go
• Type: Verb
• Root: या
• Form: Imperative, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र

• सुयोधनः: Suyodhana (Duryodhana)
• सुयोधनः: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुयोधन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Suyodhana (Duryodhana)
• charioteer

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights purposeful action in dharma-yuddha: a leader must keep focus on the decisive objective and face the chief source of conflict directly, rather than being diverted by lesser engagements.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that Yudhiṣṭhira orders his charioteer to drive toward Duryodhana (Suyodhana), indicating Yudhiṣṭhira’s intent to engage the Kaurava leader on the battlefield.