Shloka 6

Śalya’s Objection to Sārathya and Duryodhana’s Conciliation (शल्यमन्यु-प्रशमनम् / Sārathyāṅgīkāra)

Devanagari script

प्रहरस्व च मे वीर पश्यामस्तव पौरुषम्‌ । कर्म कृत्वा रणे शूर ततः कत्थितुमरहसि

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca |

praharasva ca me vīra paśyāmas tava pauruṣam |

karma kṛtvā raṇe śūra tataḥ katthitum arhasi ||

Translation

桑阇耶说道：“英雄啊，向我出击吧；让我们见识你的男儿勇力。勇士啊，先在战场上做出配得上王子与神射手的功业，然后你才可以夸耀它们。”

Word by Word

• प्रहरस्व: strike (attack)
• प्रहरस्व: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-हृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), 2, singular, परस्मैपद

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• मे: to me
• मे: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: common, dative, singular

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

• पश्यामः: we see
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), 1, plural, परस्मैपद

• तव: your
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: common, genitive, singular

• पौरुषम्: manly valor
• पौरुषम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पौरुष
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• कर्म: deed
• कर्म: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन्
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• कृत्वा: having done
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund)

• रणे: in battle
• रणे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रण
• Form: masculine, locative, singular

• शूर: O brave one
• Type: Noun
• Root: शूर
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• ततः: then/thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• कत्थितुम्: to boast
• Type: Verb
• Root: कत्थ् (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन् (infinitive)

• अर्हसि: you are fit/ought
• Type: Verb
• Root: अर्ह् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), 2, singular, परस्मैपद

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Karna
• Nakula
• battlefield (raṇa)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Words must be validated by action: in a warrior’s ethic, boasting is only justified after demonstrating valor through concrete deeds in battle.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Karṇa Parva battle exchange, Karṇa responds to Nakula’s provocation by challenging him to attack and prove his prowess first, insisting that only after battlefield performance may one speak proudly.