Shloka 11

Droṇa-parva Adhyāya 125: Duryodhana’s despair and vow after Jayadratha’s fall (जयद्रथवधे दुर्योधनविलापः)

Devanagari script

दृष्टवा दुःशासनं राजा तथा शरशताचितम्‌

Transliteration

dṛṣṭvā duḥśāsanaṃ rājā tathā śaraśatācitam

Translation

قال سنجيا: لما رأى الملك دُحشاسَنَةَ وقد غُطِّيَتْ جِسْمُهُ وتراكَمَتْ عليه مئاتُ السهام، صُدِمَ بحقيقةٍ قاتمةٍ عن عواقب الحرب؛ إذ إن منظرَ قريبٍ ساقطٍ كشف الثمنَ الأخلاقيَّ للغضب والباطل في ساحة القتال.

Word by Word

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), कर्तरि

• दुःशासनम्: Duhshasana
• दुःशासनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुःशासन
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• राजा: the king
• राजा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तथा: thus; also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• शरशताचितम्: covered/filled with hundreds of arrows
• शरशताचितम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शर-शत-आचित
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Duḥśāsana
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• arrows (śara)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores the ethical weight of war: when wrongdoing and hatred drive conflict, the aftermath is not abstract victory but the visible suffering of one’s own kin—prompting moral reckoning and grief.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that the king sees Duḥśāsana lying in a dreadful state, covered with hundreds of arrows—an immediate battlefield image signaling Duḥśāsana’s severe wounding or fall.