Shloka 29

Devanagari script

द्रौपदीने बार-बार प्रेरित किया है, तो भी ये सभासद कुछ भी नहीं बोलते हैं; क्योंकि ये सब लोग द्रुपदकुमारीको धर्मके अनुसार जीती हुई समझते हैं ।। त्वं तु केवलबाल्येन धार्तराष्ट्र विदीर्यसे । यद्‌ ब्रवीषि सभामध्ये बाल: स्थविरभाषितम्‌

Transliteration

tvaṃ tu kevala-bālyena dhārtarāṣṭra vidīryase | yad bravīṣi sabhā-madhye bālaḥ sthavira-bhāṣitam ||

Translation

Karna nói: “Hỡi con của Dhritarashtra, chỉ vì tính trẻ con mà ngươi mới bộc phát như thế. Bởi giữa triều hội, ngươi nói như một đứa trẻ, lặp lại những lời vốn dành cho bậc trưởng thượng.”

Word by Word

त्वम्you

तुbut

केवलबाल्येनby mere childishness

धार्तराष्ट्रO Dhārtarāṣṭra (son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra)

विदीर्यसेyou are torn/are being rent (apart)

यत्what/that which

ब्रवीषिyou say

सभामध्येin the midst of the assembly

बालःa child / childish person

स्थविरभाषितम्spoken by elders

Speaker

कर्ण उवाच

Characters & Entities

Karna

Dhārtarāṣṭra (a Kaurava prince, son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra)

Sabhā (royal assembly)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

In moments of moral crisis, speech in a public assembly should be guided by mature discernment and responsibility; childish, impulsive talk is censured as unfit for deliberations on dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

During the tense proceedings in the royal assembly, Karna addresses a Kaurava prince (a son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra), criticizing him for reacting and speaking immaturely in the sabhā, as though parroting elders’ words without the steadiness expected in such a grave situation.