Shloka 71

Devanagari script

अभ्येत्य पुत्रेण तवाभिनन्दित: समेत्य चोवाच कुरुप्रवीरम्‌ । कृपं च भोजं च महाभुजावुभौ तथैव गान्धारपतिं सहानुजम्‌

Transliteration

abhyetya putreṇa tavābhinanditaḥ sametya covāca kurupravīram | kṛpaṃ ca bhojaṃ ca mahābhujāv ubhau tathaiva gāndhārapatiṃ sahānujam ||

Translation

ครั้นเข้าไปและได้รับการต้อนรับจากโอรสของท่านแล้ว เขาก็ก้าวออกหน้าและกล่าวแก่ยอดวีรชนแห่งกุรุผู้นั้น อีกทั้งกล่าวแก่กฤปะและโภชะผู้มีแขนกำยำทั้งสอง และกล่าวแก่เจ้าแห่งคันธาระพร้อมน้องชายด้วยเช่นเดียวกัน

Word by Word

अभ्येत्यhaving approached

पुत्रेणby (his) son

तवof you / your

अभिनन्दितःwelcomed / congratulated

समेत्यhaving come together / having met

चand

उवाचsaid

कुरुप्रवीरम्to the foremost hero among the Kurus

कृपम्Kripa

चand

भोजम्Bhoja

चand

महाभुजौthe two mighty-armed (ones)

उभौboth

तथाthus / likewise

एवindeed / just

गान्धारपतिम्the lord of Gandhara

सहानुजम्together with (his) younger brother

Speaker

कर्ण उवाच

Characters & Entities

Karna

Duryodhana (implied by 'your son')

Kuru hero (likely Duryodhana, addressed as kurupravīra)

Kṛpa

Bhoja

Gāndhāra king (Śakuni)

Śakuni's younger brother (likely Ulūka)

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

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the ethical-political value of proper acknowledgment within a coalition: greeting and addressing key allies and elders sustains cohesion, respect, and disciplined coordination in a time of crisis.

What is happening in the narrative?

Karna, after being welcomed by Duryodhana, proceeds to address the principal Kuru leader and then speaks to senior figures on the Kaurava side—Kṛpa, Bhoja, and Śakuni with his younger brother—signaling consultation and alignment before the next phase of battle.