Shloka 10

Devanagari script

अद्विसारमयं नूनं हृदयं मम संजय । हत॑ पुत्रशतं श्र॒त्वा यन्न दीर्ण सहस्र्धा,संजय! निश्चय ही मेरा हृदय पत्थरके सारतत्त्वका बना हुआ है, जो अपने सौ पुत्रोंके मारे जानेका समाचार सुनकर भी इसके सहखसौरों टुकड़े नहीं हो गये

Transliteration

advisāramayaṃ nūnaṃ hṛdayaṃ mama saṃjaya | hataṃ putraśataṃ śrutvā yan na dīrṇaṃ sahasradhā ||

Translation

قال سنجيا: «لا ريب أن قلبي مصنوعٌ من جوهرٍ كالحجر، يا سنجيا؛ إذ إنني، حتى بعد أن سمعتُ أن أبنائي المئة قد قُتلوا، لم يتحطّم إلى ألف قطعة.»

Word by Word

अद्विसारमयम्made of the essence of stone (stone-hard)

नूनम्surely, indeed

हृदयम्heart

ममmy

संजयO Sanjaya

हतम्slain, killed

पुत्रशतम्a hundred sons

श्रुत्वाhaving heard

यत्which (that)

नnot

दीर्णम्torn, split

सहस्रधाinto a thousand pieces/ways

संजयO Sanjaya

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied as the speaker addressing Sañjaya)

the hundred sons (Kauravas, implied)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the shock of catastrophic loss and the moral-psychological numbness that can follow war: even natural grief may fail to arise fully, suggesting a hardened inner state shaped by prolonged conflict and accumulated wrongdoing.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the aftermath of the great battle, Dhṛtarāṣṭra (speaking through Sañjaya’s report) reacts to the news that all his hundred sons are dead, marveling bitterly that his heart has not broken apart from sorrow.