Shloka 22

कर्णपर्व — पञ्चदशोऽध्यायः | Karṇa Parva, Chapter 15: Pāṇḍya’s Advance and Aśvatthāmā’s Counterstroke

Devanagari script

यदि मां मन्यसे वीर प्राप्तमहमिहातिथिम्‌

Transliteration

yadi māṃ manyase vīra prāptam aham ihātithim

Translation

桑阇耶说道：“勇士啊，若你把我当作来到此地的宾客，就当依宾客之法（ātithi-dharma）礼敬接纳我。”

Word by Word

• यदि: if
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहम्
• Form: common, accusative, singular

• मन्यसे: you think/consider
• मन्यसे: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: मन् (मन्यते)
• Form: present, second, singular, ātmanepada

• वीर: O hero
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• प्राप्तम्: arrived, come
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र-आप् (प्राप्त)
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहम्
• Form: common, nominative, singular

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह

• अतिथिम्: guest
• अतिथिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अतिथि
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• vīra (addressed hero, unspecified in this single line)
• ātithi (guest)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse gestures to ātithi-dharma: if someone is accepted as a guest, they should be received with honor and appropriate conduct. It frames ethical obligation through the social-religious norm of hospitality.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya addresses a warrior-leader as “hero” and positions himself as an arriving guest. The statement functions as a preface to being received, heard, or granted proper attention in the midst of the larger war-time setting of the Karṇa Parva.