Shloka 1
काकोपमोपदेशः
The Crow-and-Swan Exemplum as Counsel to Karṇa
पम्प बछ। ऑफ क्ाज एकोनत्रिशो< ध्याय: युधिष्ठिरके द्वारा दुर्योधनकी पराजय धृतराष्ट्र रवाच अतितीव्राणि दुःखानि दुःसहानि बहूनि च । त्वत्तो5हं संजयाश्रौषं पुत्राणां चैव संक्षयम्
dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca | atitīvrāṇi duḥkhāni duḥsahāni bahūni ca | tvatto 'haṃ sañjayāśrauṣaṃ putrāṇāṃ caiva saṃkṣayam |
Dhṛtarāṣṭra sprach: „Sañjaya, von dir habe ich viele Leiden vernommen—überaus heftig und kaum zu ertragen—und ich habe auch von der Vernichtung meiner Söhne gehört. Aus der Art, wie du berichtest, und aus dem Verlauf jenes Krieges erwächst in mir die feste Überzeugung, dass das Geschlecht der Kuru nicht überleben wird.“
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse foregrounds the ethical cost of adharma-driven conflict: attachment and wrongful choices culminate in unbearable grief and the ruin of one’s own lineage. It also highlights how truthful narration forces moral reckoning—Dhṛtarāṣṭra can no longer evade the consequences of the war.
Dhṛtarāṣṭra responds to Sañjaya’s report of the battle. Having heard repeated calamities and now the destruction of his sons, he concludes that the Kuru family line is headed toward extinction.