एवं परुषितस् तेन तदा शारद्वतेन सः ॥
कर्णः प्रहरतां श्रेष्ठः कृपं वाक्यम् अथाब्रवीत् ॥
शूरा गर्जन्ति सततं प्रावृषीव बलाहकाः ॥
फलं चाशु प्रयच्छन्ति बीजम् उप्तम् ऋताव् इव ॥
दोषम् अत्र न पश्यामि शूराणां रणमूर्धनि ॥
तत् तद् विकत्थमानानां भारं चोद्वहतां मृधे ॥
यं भारं पुरुषो वोढुं मनसा हि व्यवस्यति ॥
दैवम् अस्य ध्रुवं तत्र साहाय्यायोपपद्यते ॥
evaṃ paruṣitas tena tadā śāradvatena saḥ ||
karṇaḥ praharatāṃ śreṣṭhaḥ kṛpaṃ vākyam athābravīt ||
śūrā garjanti satataṃ prāvṛṣīva balāhakāḥ ||
phalaṃ cāśu prayacchanti bījam uptam ṛtāv iva ||
doṣam atra na paśyāmi śūrāṇāṃ raṇamūrdhani ||
tat tad vikatthamānānāṃ bhāraṃ codvahatāṃ mṛdhe ||
yaṃ bhāraṃ puruṣo voḍhuṃ manasā hi vyavasyati ||
daivam asya dhruvaṃ tatra sāhāyyāyopapadyate ||
Thus stung by Sharadvata, Karna, foremost of strikers, then spoke a word to Kripa: "The brave roar constantly, like clouds in the rainy season, and quickly bring forth fruit, like seed sown in season. I see no fault here — in the brave at the head of battle boasting this and that and bearing the burden in the fray. The burden that a man resolves in his mind to bear — his fate surely comes there to his aid."
fa6c667b0f4c · प्रकाशित 19 जुल॰ 2026, 4:40:45 pm UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
Karna answers not without dignity: a brave man, having roared like a cloud, also brings forth fruit, like seed sown in season. Telling is his conviction: "a burden resolved upon by the mind, fate will sustain." The verse teaches that there is a line between boasting and a vow: an announced intention backed by resolve is not empty; and one who firmly takes up a burden may rightly trust that his effort will meet aid from above as well.