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Shloka 433

ऋषिसमागमः — युधिष्ठिरस्य शोकवर्णनम्

Sage Assembly and Yudhiṣṭhira’s Articulation of Grief

कथं नु शप्तो भ्राता मे तत्त्वं वक्तुमिहाहसि । नारदजी! संग्राममें कर्णके पहियेको पृथ्वी क्यों निगल गयी और मेरे बड़े भाई कर्णको कैसे यह शाप प्राप्त हुआ? इसे आप ठीक-ठीक बतानेकी कृपा करें

kathaṃ nu śapto bhrātā me tattvaṃ vaktum ihārhasi | nāradajī! saṃgrāme karṇasya pahiye ko pṛthvī kyoṃ nigala gayī aura mere baṛe bhāī karṇako kaise yaha śāpa prāpta huā? ise āpa ṭhīk-ṭhīk batāne kī kṛpā kareṃ |

یُدھِشٹھِر نے کہا—میرے بھائی کو شاپ کیسے لگا؟ آپ یہاں اس کی حقیقت بیان کرنے پر قادر ہیں۔ اے نارَد! جنگ کے بیچ زمین نے کرن کے رتھ کا پہیہ کیوں نگل لیا، اور میرے بڑے بھائی کرن کو وہ شاپ کس سبب سے ملا؟ مہربانی فرما کر یہ سب مجھے ٹھیک ٹھیک بتائیے۔

कथम्how?
कथम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकथम्
नुindeed/then (emphasis)
नु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनु
शप्तःcursed
शप्तः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootशप्त
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
भ्राताbrother
भ्राता:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootभ्रातृ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
मेof me / my
मे:
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
FormGenitive, Singular
तत्त्वम्the truth / the real matter
तत्त्वम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootतत्त्व
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
वक्तुम्to speak/tell
वक्तुम्:
TypeVerb
Rootवच्
FormInfinitive (tumun)
इहhere
इह:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइह
अहसिin the day / by day
अहसि:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootअहन्
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular

युधिछिर उवाच

Y
Yudhiṣṭhira
N
Nārada
K
Karṇa
P
Pṛthvī (Earth)

Educational Q&A

The verse frames a dharmic inquiry into causality: extraordinary events in war are not random but linked to prior actions (karma) and moral transgressions that mature as consequences (often expressed as a śāpa). It also models the ethical duty to seek and speak 'tattva'—the true cause—rather than accept appearances.

After the war, Yudhiṣṭhira questions the sage Nārada about a decisive battlefield incident: Karṇa’s chariot wheel becoming trapped as if the earth swallowed it. He asks how Karṇa came to be cursed in a way that contributed to this downfall, requesting an accurate account of the cause.