Shloka 67

कर्णपर्व — अध्याय ४०

Karṇa’s Pressure on the Pāñcālas; Duryodhana Disabled; Arjuna’s Counter-Advance

Devanagari script

काक काकेति वाशन्तं निमज्जन्तं महार्णवे । कृपया<5<5दाय हंसस्तं जलक्लिन्न सुदुर्दुशम्‌

Transliteration

kāka kāketi vāśantaṁ nimajjantaṁ mahārṇave | kṛpayā dāya haṁsas taṁ jalaklinnaṁ sudurduśam ||

Translation

Con quạ kêu lên: “Kāka! Kāka!” khi nó đang chìm dần giữa đại dương mênh mông. Động lòng từ bi, một con thiên nga thương xót sinh linh ướt sũng, khốn khổ ấy và đến cứu giúp—cho thấy lòng thương có thể ban đến cả kẻ bất lực, lâm nạn, bất kể bản tính hay loài giống của nó.

Word by Word

• काक: a crow
• काक: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: काक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• काक: O crow
• Type: Noun
• Root: काक
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• वाशन्तम्: crying/cawing
• वाशन्तम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: वाश्
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• निमज्जन्तम्: sinking
• निमज्जन्तम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: निमज्ज्
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• महार्णवे: in the great ocean
• महार्णवे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महार्णव
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• कृपया: with compassion
• कृपया: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृपा
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• उद्धाय: having lifted up
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद्-धा
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Active

• हंसः: a swan
• हंसः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: हंस
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तम्: him/that one
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• जल: with water
• जल: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: जल
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• क्लिन्नम्: soaked/wet
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्लिन्न
• Form: क्त (past passive participle from क्लिद्), Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• सुदुर्दशम्: in a very miserable condition
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुदुर्दश
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

काक उवाच

Characters & Entities

• काक (crow)
• हंस (swan)
• महार्णव (great ocean)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Compassion is a dharmic response to suffering: one should help the distressed when possible, even if the sufferer is insignificant or unlike oneself.

What is happening in the narrative?

A crow, drowning in the great ocean, cries out in fear; a swan, moved by pity, takes mercy on the drenched and miserable crow and helps it.