Shloka 10

Devanagari script

कर्ण मद्गबचनं तात शृणु सत्यभूतां वर । ब्रुवतो5द्य महाबाहो सौहृदात्‌ परमं हितम्‌,'सत्यधारियोंमें श्रेष्ठ तात कर्ण! मेरी बात सुनो। महाबाहो! मैं सौहार्दवश आज तुम्हारे परम हितकी बात कहता हूँ

Transliteration

Vaiśampāyana uvāca: Karṇa mad-vacanaṃ tāta śṛṇu satya-bhūtāṃ vara; bruvato 'dya mahābāho sauhṛdāt paramaṃ hitam.

Translation

Vaiśampāyana nói: “Hỡi Karṇa, con yêu—bậc nhất trong những người giữ đạo chân thật—hãy nghe lời ta. Hỡi người dũng lực, hôm nay ta nói vì tình thân, để bày điều tối thượng lợi ích cho con.”

Word by Word

कर्णO Karna

मत्from me / of mine

वचनम्speech, words

तातdear one / son

शृणुhear, listen

सत्यभूताम्true, truthful (having become truth)

वरO best/excellent one

ब्रुवतःof (me) speaking

अद्यtoday

महाबाहोO mighty-armed one

सौहृदात्from friendship / out of goodwill

परमम्supreme, highest

हितम्welfare, benefit

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Karṇa

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse frames ethical counsel as an act of friendship: one should speak truthfully and for another’s highest welfare (parama hitam), not merely to win an argument or assert power.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator Vaiśampāyana introduces a direct address to Karṇa, urging him to listen because what follows is intended as sincere, friendly guidance aimed at Karṇa’s ultimate good.