Mahabharata 9.64.4 — Shalya Parva, Adhyaya 64, Shloka 4
संजयने कहा--राजन्! सुनिये। नरेश्वर! उस भारी संकटमें पड़ जानेपर टूटी जाँघवाले राजा दुर्योधनने जो कुछ कहा था, वह सब वृत्तान्त यथार्थरूपसे बता रहा हूँ ।।
sañjaya uvāca—rājan śṛṇu. nareśvara! tasmin mahati saṅkaṭe patite bhagnasaktho nṛpo duryodhanaḥ yad avadat tat sarvaṃ vṛttāntaṃ yathārthataḥ kathayiṣyāmi. bhagnasaktho nṛpo rājan pāṃsunā soḍhavagūṇṭhitaḥ | yamayan mūrdhajāṃs tatra vīkṣya caiva diśo daśa garhayan pāṇḍavaṃ jyeṣṭhaṃ niḥśvasped athābravīt ||
قال سنجيا: «أيها الملك، اصغِ. يا سيّد الرجال، إذ وقع في تلك النازلة العظيمة، سأقصّ عليك صدقًا كل ما قاله الملك دوريودھانا وقد تكسّرت فخذاه. كان الملك، وفخذاه مكسوران، مطروحًا على الأرض، مغطّى بالغبار. جمع شعره المنفلت ونظر حوله إلى الجهات العشر. ثم أخذ يعيب أكبر الباندافا، وأطلق زفرةً مُرّة وشرع يتكلم—نَفَسُه خشن، وقلبه متّقد بالغضب والمهانة.»
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The verse highlights the ethical aftermath of war: even a king’s power collapses into vulnerability, and unresolved pride turns into blame and bitterness. Sañjaya’s insistence on truthful reporting underscores a dharmic ideal—facing events as they are—while Duryodhana’s reviling of the righteous points to how adharma culminates in humiliation and resentment rather than clarity.
After the mace-fight, Duryodhana lies on the ground with shattered thighs, covered in dust. He gathers his hair, looks in all directions, sighs heavily, and begins speaking while censuring the eldest Pāṇḍava (Yudhiṣṭhira). Sañjaya narrates these details to Dhṛtarāṣṭra as part of his eyewitness-style report.
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