Shloka 23

ऋषिसमागमः — युधिष्ठिरस्य शोकवर्णनम्

Sage Assembly and Yudhiṣṭhira’s Articulation of Grief

Devanagari script

मज्जूषायां समाधाय गड्डास्नोतस्यमज्जयत्‌ | य॑ सूतपुत्र॑ं लोको<यं राधेयं चाभ्यमन्यत

Transliteration

mañjūṣāyāṃ samādhāya gaṅgā-srotasy amajjayat | yaṃ sūta-putraṃ loko ’yaṃ rādhēyaṃ cābhyamanyata ||

Translation

尤提士提罗说道：“她将他放入匣中，任其随恒河的水流漂去——而这世间后来却把他当作车夫之子，称他为‘罗陀耶’。”

Word by Word

• मज्जूषायाम्: in a box/casket
• मज्जूषायाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मज्जूषा
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• समाधाय: having placed/put (together)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-धा
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage)

• गङ्गा: the Ganga (river)
• गङ्गा: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गङ्गा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• स्नोतसि: in the stream/current
• स्नोतसि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्रोतस्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अमज्जयत्: caused (it) to sink / immersed (it)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मज्ज् (मज्जति)
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada, Yes (णिच्)

• यः: who
• यः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सूतपुत्रम्: the charioteer’s son
• सूतपुत्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूतपुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• लोकः: the people/world
• लोकः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अयम्: this
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• राधेयम्: Radheya (Karna)
• राधेयम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: राधेय
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

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

• अभ्यमन्यत: thought/considered (to be)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-मन्य् (मन्यते)
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), 3rd, Singular, Atmanepada

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Gaṅgā
• Rādheya (Karṇa)
• mañjūṣā (casket/box)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how public perception and social labels can obscure true identity, raising ethical questions about judging worth by birth and the consequences of hidden lineage in dharma-centered life.

What is happening in the narrative?

Yudhiṣṭhira recounts the episode of an infant being placed in a casket and released into the Gaṅgā’s current—later known to the world as Rādheya (Karṇa), believed by people to be a charioteer’s son.