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Shloka 4

Aśvatthāman’s Arrow-Screen and the Confrontation with Yudhiṣṭhira (द्रौणि–युधिष्ठिर-संग्रामः)

तथा कृष्णस्य माहात्म्यमृषभस्य महीक्षिताम्‌ | यथाहं शल्य जानामि न त्वं जानासि तत्‌ तथा,शल्य! इसी प्रकार महीपालशिरोमणि श्रीकृष्णके माहात्म्यको जैसा मैं जानता हूँ, वैसा तुम नहीं जानते

tathā kṛṣṇasya māhātmyam ṛṣabhasya mahīkṣitām | yathāhaṃ śalya jānāmi na tvaṃ jānāsi tat tathā ||

โอ้ ศัลยะ เช่นเดียวกัน ความยิ่งใหญ่ของกฤษณะ—ผู้ประเสริฐยิ่งในหมู่กษัตริย์แห่งแผ่นดิน—เจ้ามิได้รู้ดังที่เรารู้ ความเข้าใจของเจ้าไม่อาจเทียบเราได้

तथाthus, in the same way
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
कृष्णस्यof Krishna
कृष्णस्य:
TypeNoun
Rootकृष्ण
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
माहात्म्यम्greatness, glory
माहात्म्यम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootमाहात्म्य
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
ऋषभस्यof the bull / of the best (epithet)
ऋषभस्य:
TypeNoun
Rootऋषभ
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
महीक्षिताम्of the kings (earth-protectors)
महीक्षिताम्:
TypeNoun
Rootमहीक्षित्
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
यथाas, in the manner that
यथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा
अहम्I
अहम्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootअहम्
FormNominative, Singular
शल्यO Shalya
शल्य:
TypeNoun
Rootशल्य
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
जानामिI know
जानामि:
TypeVerb
Rootज्ञा
FormPresent, First, Singular, Parasmaipada
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
त्वम्you
त्वम्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootत्वम्
FormNominative, Singular
जानासिyou know
जानासि:
TypeVerb
Rootज्ञा
FormPresent, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada
तत्that
तत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
तथाthus, in that same way
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
शल्यO Shalya
शल्य:
TypeNoun
Rootशल्य
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular

कर्ण उवाच

K
Karna
Ś
Śalya
K
Kṛṣṇa

Educational Q&A

The verse contrasts true discernment of greatness with superficial judgment: recognizing Kṛṣṇa’s exceptional stature requires insight, and mere proximity to power or battlefield confidence does not guarantee understanding.

In the Karṇa–Śalya exchange during the war context, Karna asserts that Śalya fails to grasp Kṛṣṇa’s true greatness, while Karna claims a clearer recognition of Kṛṣṇa’s supremacy among rulers.