Mahabharata · 1.194.5–6
॥
Devanāgarī
न च ते व्यसनैर् योक्तुं शक्या दिष्टकृता हि ते ॥
शङ्किताश् चेप्सवश् चैव पितृपैतामहं पदम् ॥
परस्परेण भेदश् च नाधातुं तेषु शक्यते ॥
एकस्यां ये रताः पत्न्यां न भिद्यन्ते परस्परम् ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
na ca te vyasanair yoktuṃ śakyā diṣṭakṛtā hi te ||
śaṅkitāś cepsavaś caiva pitṛpaitāmahaṃ padam ||
paraspareṇa bhedaś ca nādhātuṃ teṣu śakyate ||
ekasyāṃ ye ratāḥ patnyāṃ na bhidyante parasparam ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
न च ते व्यसनैः योक्तुं शक्याः दिष्टकृताः हि तेna ca te vyasanaiḥ yoktuṃ śakyāḥ diṣṭakṛtāḥ hi teand they cannot be cast into misfortune: for they are protected by fate,
शङ्किताः च ईप्सवः च एव पितृपैतामहं पदम्śaṅkitāḥ ca īpsavaḥ ca eva pitṛpaitāmahaṃ padamand they are wary, and yearn for the ancestral throne of their fathers and grandfathers;
परस्परेण भेदः च न आधातुं तेषु शक्यतेparaspareṇa bhedaḥ ca na ādhātuṃ teṣu śakyateand discord cannot be sown between them:
एकस्यां ये रताः पत्न्यां न भिद्यन्ते परस्परम्ekasyāṃ ye ratāḥ patnyāṃ na bhidyante parasparamthose devoted to a single wife do not turn against one another;
व्यसनैर्vyasanairoriginal form "vyasanair", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
शक्याśakyāoriginal form "śakyā", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
दिष्टकृताdiṣṭakṛtāoriginal form "diṣṭakṛtā", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
शङ्किताश्śaṅkitāśoriginal form "śaṅkitāś", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
चेप्सवश्cepsavaśoriginal form "cepsavaś", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
चैवcaivaoriginal form "caiva", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
भेदश्bhedaśoriginal form "bhedaś", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
नाधातुंnādhātuṃoriginal form "nādhātuṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
Translation
"And they cannot be cast into misfortune: for they are protected by fate, and they are wary, and yearn for the ancestral throne of their fathers and grandfathers; and discord cannot be sown between them: those devoted to a single wife do not turn against one another."
Version
16d1a99fa4ce · published Jul 12, 2026, 5:54:01 PM UTC
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Here even an enemy attests to the unbreakable unity of the brothers. It is telling that Karna admits: a shared wife has bound them so that no discord can be sown; what malice took for weakness has proven the firmest bond. Herein lies a lesson: a sacred union turns apparent vulnerability into a stronghold. Thus the scripture reveals the strength of brotherly concord; and schemes of division are powerless before love.