Shloka 52

धृतराष्ट्रविलापः — Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Lament and Inquiry (Śalya-parva, Adhyāya 2)

Devanagari script

असकृद्धदतस्तस्य दुर्योधनवधेन च

Transliteration

asakṛddattas tasya duryodhana-vadhena ca

Translation

Dhṛtarāṣṭra sprach: „Immer wieder—darum, und auch wegen der Tötung Duryodhanas—wird mein Geist aufs Neue von Kummer und Aufruhr getroffen.“

Word by Word

• असकृत्: repeatedly, many times
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: असकृत्

• हृतः: was taken away / was deprived
• हृतः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: हृ (हरति)
• Form: past (perfective), singular, masculine, nominative

• तस्य: of him / his
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine/neuter, genitive, singular

• दुर्योधन-वधेन: by/with the slaying of Duryodhana
• दुर्योधन-वधेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्योधन + वध
• Form: masculine, instrumental, singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

Speaker

धघतयाट्र उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Duryodhana

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Unchecked attachment and partiality in leadership culminate in recurring sorrow: when adharma is protected and wise counsel ignored, the consequences return repeatedly, especially in the form of irreversible loss.

What is happening in the narrative?

Dhṛtarāṣṭra reflects on the calamities that have befallen him; the death of his son Duryodhana becomes a central cause of renewed grief, intensifying his lament in the aftermath of the war.