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कर्ण उवाच । राधेयोऽहमाधिरथिः कर्णस्त्वामभिवादये । प्राप्ता किमर्थं भवती ब्रूहि किं करवाणि ते॥५-१४३-१॥
Karṇa said: “I am Rādheya, the son of Adhiratha—Karṇa. I bow to you in respect. For what purpose have you come? Tell me: what shall I do for you?”
english translation
कुन्त्युवाच । कौन्तेयस्त्वं न राधेयो न तवाधिरथः पिता । नासि सूतकुले जातः कर्ण तद्विद्धि मे वचः॥५-१४३-२॥
Kuntī said: “You are a Kaunteya, not Rādheya; Adhiratha is not your father. You were not born in a sūta lineage, Karṇa—know this as my word.”
english translation
कानीनस्त्वं मया जातः पूर्वजः कुक्षिणा धृतः । कुन्तिभोजस्य भवने पार्थस्त्वमसि पुत्रक॥५-१४३-३॥
“You were born to me as a kānīna son (born before marriage); you are the eldest, carried in my womb. In the house of Kuntibhoja, you are a Pārtha, my child.”
english translation
प्रकाशकर्मा तपनो योऽयं देवो विरोचनः । अजीजनत्त्वां मय्येष कर्ण शस्त्रभृतां वरम्॥५-१४३-४॥
“That radiant, heat-giving deity—Virocana—begot you in me, Karṇa, as the foremost among those who bear arms.”
english translation
कुण्डली बद्धकवचो देवगर्भः श्रिया वृतः । जातस्त्वमसि दुर्धर्ष मया पुत्र पितुर्गृहे॥५-१४३-५॥
“You were born wearing earrings and an innate armor, of divine origin, endowed with splendor. You were born by me, my son—formidable one—in your father’s household.”
english translation