Shloka 3

कुन्ती-युधिष्ठिरसंवादः

Kuntī–Yudhiṣṭhira Dialogue on Bhīma’s Mission

Devanagari script

नूनं दुर्योधनेनेदं विहितं पापकर्मणा । पाण्डवानां विनाशायेत्येवं ते चुक्कुशुर्जना:,(यह देख) वे (सभी) नागरिक चिल्ला-चिल्लाकर कहने लगे कि “अवश्य ही पापाचारी दुर्योधनने पाण्डवोंका विनाश करनेके लिये इस भवनका निर्माण करवाया था

Transliteration

nūnaṃ duryodhanenedam vihitaṃ pāpakarmaṇā | pāṇḍavānāṃ vināśāyety evaṃ te cukkuśur janāḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana sprach: „Gewiss ist dies von Duryodhana, dem Täter sündiger Werke, ersonnen worden, um die Pāṇḍavas zu vernichten“—so schrien die Leute laut auf.

Word by Word

नूनम्surely, indeed

दुर्योधनेनby Duryodhana

इदम्this (thing)

विहितम्done, arranged, constructed

पापकर्मणाby the evil-doer / by one of sinful deeds

पाण्डवानाम्of the Pandavas

विनाशायfor destruction

इतिthus, saying

एवम्in this way

तेthey

चुक्कुशुःcried out, shouted

जनाःpeople, citizens

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Duryodhana

Pāṇḍavas

janāḥ (citizens/people)

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 ethical discernment: society recognizes intentional wrongdoing (pāpa-karma) and names it as adharma when power is used to engineer another’s destruction. It underscores accountability—harm planned in secret still becomes morally legible through its consequences.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the aftermath of a dangerous incident connected with a constructed dwelling, the citizens loudly conclude that Duryodhana deliberately arranged it to destroy the Pāṇḍavas, expressing public outrage and suspicion of a plotted assassination.