Shloka 29
कर्णेन सैन्यस्थापनं तथा नानायुद्धसमवायः
Karna Reforms the Host and Multiple Duels Converge
कृतघ्नता परवित्तापहारो मद्यपानं गुरुदारावमर्द: । वाक्पारुष्यं गोवधो रात्रिचर्या बहिर्गेहं परवस्त्रोपभोग:
kṛtaghnatā paravittāpahāro madyapānaṃ gurudārāvamardaḥ | vākpāruṣyaṃ govadho rātricaryā bahirgehaṃ paravastrōpabhogaḥ ||
Sinabi ni Karna: “Ang kawalang-utang-na-loob, pagnanakaw ng yaman ng iba, pag-inom ng nakalalasing, paglapastangan sa asawa ng guro, malupit at mapanlait na pananalita, pagpatay ng baka, pagala-gala sa gabi para sa di-wastong layunin, pananatili sa labas ng sariling tahanan, at pagsusuot o pag-enjoy sa damit ng iba—ang mga ito’y mga gawaing tanda ng pagbagsak ng asal at nagdadala ng sisi sa kaayusan ng dharma.”
कर्ण उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse lists behaviors condemned by dharma—ingratitude, theft, intoxication, sexual violation (especially involving the teacher’s wife), abusive speech, cow-killing, and other socially destructive acts—presenting them as markers of ethical degradation and sources of blame.
Karna is speaking in a didactic mode, enumerating actions regarded as grave moral faults. The statement functions as ethical instruction within the broader war-time discourse, emphasizing that even amid conflict, certain transgressions remain censurable.