महाभारत · 1.194.1–2
॥
देवनागरी
कर्ण उवाच
दुर्योधन तव प्रज्ञा न सम्यग् इति मे मतिः ॥
न ह्य् उपायेन ते शक्याः पाण्डवाः कुरुनन्दन ॥
पूर्वम् एव हि ते सूक्ष्मैर् उपायैर् यतितास् त्वया ॥
निग्रहीतुं यदा वीर शकिता न तदा त्वया ॥
लिप्यंतरण (IAST)
karṇa uvāca
duryodhana tava prajñā na samyag iti me matiḥ ||
na hy upāyena te śakyāḥ pāṇḍavāḥ kurunandana ||
pūrvam eva hi te sūkṣmair upāyair yatitās tvayā ||
nigrahītuṃ yadā vīra śakitā na tadā tvayā ||
शब्दशः अर्थ
संस्कृतIASTअर्थ
दुर्योधन तव प्रज्ञा न सम्यक् इति मे मतिःduryodhana tava prajñā na samyak iti me matiḥDuryodhana, your judgment is not sound, in my opinion;
न हि उपायेन ते शक्याः पाण्डवाः कुरुनन्दनna hi upāyena te śakyāḥ pāṇḍavāḥ kurunandanafor by stratagem you cannot overcome the Pandavas, O joy of the Kurus;
पूर्वम् एव हि ते सूक्ष्मैः उपायैः यतिताः त्वयाpūrvam eva hi te sūkṣmaiḥ upāyaiḥ yatitāḥ tvayāfor even before, you strove with subtle stratagems
निग्रहीतुं यदा वीर शकिता न तदा त्वयाnigrahītuṃ yadā vīra śakitā na tadā tvayāto restrain them, O hero, but could not succeed then;
कर्णkarṇaoriginal form "karṇa", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
सम्यग्samyagoriginal form "samyag", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
ह्य्hyoriginal form "hy", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
सूक्ष्मैर्sūkṣmairoriginal form "sūkṣmair", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
उपायैर्upāyairoriginal form "upāyair", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
यतितास्yatitāsoriginal form "yatitās", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
अनुवाद
Karna said: "Duryodhana, your judgment is not sound, in my opinion; for by stratagem you cannot overcome the Pandavas, O joy of the Kurus; for even before, you strove with subtle stratagems to restrain them, O hero, but could not succeed then."
संस्करण
9cc7fbed8f9a · प्रकाशित 12 जुल॰ 2026, 5:54:01 pm UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
Here even a rival warrior rejects deceit as futile. It is telling that Karna, no stranger to guile himself, plainly condemns such stratagems: even in the enemy's camp there is a voice that recoils from baseness. Here we see the truth that the valiant find deception repugnant, however unjust the cause it serves. Thus the scripture reveals a relative nobility in Karna; and the record of past failures testifies to the futility of scheming against those protected from above.