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 ।।

Transliteration

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

Translation

迦尔纳说道：“持国之子啊，唯有幼稚才使你如此失态。因为在王族大会之中，你却像孩子一般说话，复述着本该出自长者之口的言辞。”

Word by Word

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Nominative, Singular

• तु: but
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• केवलबाल्येन: by mere childishness
• केवलबाल्येन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: केवलबाल्य
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• धार्तराष्ट्र: O Dhārtarāṣṭra (son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra)
• धार्तराष्ट्र: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: धार्तराष्ट्र
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• विदीर्यसे: you are torn/are being rent (apart)
• Type: Verb
• Root: विदॄ (वि + दॄ)
• Form: Present, Ātmanepada, Second, Singular

• यत्: what/that which
• यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• ब्रवीषि: you say
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू
• Form: Present, Parasmaipada, Second, Singular

• सभामध्ये: in the midst of the assembly
• सभामध्ये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सभामध्य
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• बालः: a child / childish person
• बालः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• स्थविरभाषितम्: spoken by elders
• स्थविरभाषितम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्थविरभाषित
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

कर्ण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Karna
• Dhārtarāṣṭra (a Kaurava prince, son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra)
• Sabhā (royal assembly)

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.