Shloka 6

कर्ण–कृष्णसंवादः (Karṇa–Kṛṣṇa-saṃvādaḥ) — Karṇa’s Statement on Lineage, Loyalty, and the ‘Śastra-yajña’ Metaphor

Devanagari script

वायुदेव उवाच उपासितास्ते राधेय ब्राह्मणा वेदपारगा: । तत्त्वार्थ परिपृष्टाश्न नियतेनानसूयया

Transliteration

vāyudeva uvāca | upāsitās te rādheya brāhmaṇā vedapāragāḥ | tattvārtha-paripṛṣṭāś ca niyatena anasūyayā ||

Translation

وایودیو نے کہا— “اے رادھیہ! تم نے ویدوں کے پارنگت برہمنوں کی خدمت و تعظیم کی ہے۔ ضبطِ نفس اور پابندیِ آداب کے ساتھ، عیب جوئی اور حسد چھوڑ کر، حقیقتِ تَتْو کے معنی جاننے کے لیے تم نے ان سے سوال کیے ہیں۔”

Word by Word

• वायुदेवः: Vāyudeva (the Wind-god)
• वायुदेवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वायुदेव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• उपासिताः: worshipped/served
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-आस्
• Form: Kta (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• ते: they
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• राधेय: O Rādheya (son of Rādhā)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राधेय
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• ब्राह्मणाः: Brahmins
• ब्राह्मणाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• वेदपारगाः: versed in the Vedas
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वेदपारग
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तत्त्वार्थम्: the true meaning/reality (as an object/aim)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तत्त्वार्थ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• परिपृष्टाः: questioned/asked (thoroughly)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि-पृच्छ्
• Form: Kta (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• असि: you are
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: Present, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• नियतेन: with restraint/discipline
• नियतेन: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नियत
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• अनसूयया: with non-carping/non-envy (absence of fault-finding)
• अनसूयया: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनसूया
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāyudeva (Wind-god)
• Rādheya (Karṇa)
• Brāhmaṇas
• Vedas

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

True learning is grounded in character: one should approach the learned with reverence, practice self-restraint, and inquire into truth without envy or a fault-finding attitude. Knowledge sought in humility becomes ethically transformative.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyudeva addresses Rādheya (Karṇa), acknowledging his past conduct: he honored Veda-knowing Brahmins and questioned them about tattva (truth) while maintaining disciplined behavior and anasūyā (non-malicious, non-censorious disposition).