Shloka 513

Duryodhana-patana-anuśocana

The Fall of Duryodhana and the Contest of Restraint

Devanagari script

ववर्ष मघवांस्तत्र तव पुत्रे निपातिते । भरतनन्दन! आपके पुत्रके धराशायी हो जानेपर इन्द्रने वहाँ रक्त और धूलिकी वर्षा की

Transliteration

vavarṣa maghavāṁs tatra tava putre nipātite | bharatanandana!

Translation

O Nachkomme Bharatas! Als dein Sohn dort niedergestreckt wurde und gefallen lag, ließ Maghavān (Indra) an jenem Ort einen seltsamen Regen niedergehen: Blut und Staub. Das Omen macht deutlich, dass der Sturz eines Kriegers nicht nur persönlicher Schmerz ist, sondern ein kosmisches Zeichen in der moralischen Erschütterung des Krieges.

Word by Word

ववर्षrained, poured down

मघवान्Maghavan (Indra)

तत्रthere

तवyour

पुत्रेwhen (your) son / in (your) son (context: upon your son)

निपातितेhaving been felled / slain

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vāyudeva (Wind-god)

Maghavān (Indra)

tava putra (your son)

Bharatanandana (Bharata prince, addressee)

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 frames a warrior’s death as an event with moral and cosmic resonance: in a dharmic crisis like the Kurukṣetra war, nature and gods mirror the disorder through ominous signs, reminding listeners that violence leaves a stain beyond the battlefield.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyudeva reports that after the addressee’s son has been slain and lies fallen, Indra (Maghavān) sends an uncanny shower of blood and dust at that spot—an inauspicious portent marking the gravity of the moment.