Shloka 203
Chapter 137: Yuyudhāna (Sātyaki) Slays Somadatta; Yudhiṣṭhira Redirected from Droṇa
आत्मापराधे सुमहन्ूनं तप्यति पुत्रक: । अपने कवचधारी भ्राताओंको युद्धमें भीमसेनके द्वारा मारा गया देख मेरे पुत्रको अपने अपराधके लिये अवश्य ही महान् अनुताप हो रहा होगा
dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca | ātmāparādhe sumahān nūnaṃ tapyati putrakaḥ | apane kavacadhārī bhrātṝn yuddhe bhīmasenena dvārā mṛtān dṛṣṭvā mama putrasya svāparādhe niścayaṃ mahān anutāpo bhaviṣyati |
قال دِهْرِتَرَاشْتْرَا: «لا ريب أن ابني يحترق الآن بندمٍ عظيم على جنايته هو. إذ يرى إخوته المدرَّعين قد صرعهم بِهِيمَسِينَا في ساحة القتال، فلا بد أنه يشعر بتوبةٍ جليلة على الذنب الذي كان ذنبه.»
धृतराष्ट उवाच
Educational Q&A
Wrongdoing (ātma-aparādha) inevitably ripens into inner torment and remorse (anutāpa), especially when its consequences fall upon one’s own kin; the verse highlights moral accountability amid the devastation of war.
Dhṛtarāṣṭra reflects on his son’s state of mind: after witnessing Bhīmasena slay his armoured brothers in battle, the son is presumed to be suffering intense regret for the choices and offenses that led to this ruin.