Shloka 3
उद्योगपर्व — अध्याय १४० (कृष्णेन कर्णं प्रति पाण्डवबल-वैशिष्ट्यप्रदर्शनम्) / Udyoga Parva, Chapter 140
Krishna’s appraisal of Pandava advantage and war portents
कन्या गर्भ समाधत्त भास्करान्मां जनार्दन । आदित्यवचनाच्चैव जात॑ मां सा व्यसर्जयत्
kanyā garbhaṃ samādhatta bhāskarān māṃ janārdana | ādityavacanāc caiva jātaṃ māṃ sā vyasarjayat ||
کرن نے کہا—اے جناردن! کنواری حالت میں ہی اس نے بھاسکر (سورج دیوتا) سے مجھے رحم میں ٹھہرایا۔ پھر آدتیہ کے حکم کے مطابق، میرے پیدا ہونے کے بعد اس نے مجھے چھوڑ کر پانی میں بہا دیا۔
कर्ण उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the ethical tension between divine causation and human responsibility: even when events begin through a god’s power, the human choices made under social fear—such as abandoning a child—carry lasting moral and psychological consequences.
Karna recounts to Kṛṣṇa (Janārdana) the circumstances of his birth: Kuntī, still a maiden, conceived him through the Sun-god, and after his birth—following the Sun’s counsel—she abandoned him, setting the stage for Karna’s lifelong struggle with identity and honor.