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Shloka 686

Duryodhana’s Post-Duel Lament and Instructions (भग्नसक्थस्य विलापः)

पुत्रशोकाभिसंतप्ता गान्धारी प्ररुरोद ह | इतनी बात कहकर पुत्रशोकसे संतप्त हुई गान्धारी देवी अपने मुखको आँचलसे ढककर फूट-फूटकर रोने लगीं

putraśokābhisaṃtaptā gāndhārī praruroda ha |

Vom Schmerz über den Verlust ihrer Söhne überwältigt und wie verbrannt, brach Gāndhārī in Tränen aus. Nachdem dies gesprochen war, verhüllte sie ihr Gesicht mit dem Schleier und weinte unaufhaltsam, schluchzend.

पुत्रशोकाभिसंतप्ताafflicted by grief for her son
पुत्रशोकाभिसंतप्ता:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootपुत्र-शोक-अभि-संतप्त (संतप् धातु से क्त)
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
गान्धारीGandhārī
गान्धारी:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootगान्धारी
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
प्ररुरोदwept, cried aloud
प्ररुरोद:
TypeVerb
Rootरुद्
FormPerfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
indeed (particle)
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root

वैशम्पायन उवाच

V
Vaiśaṃpāyana
G
Gāndhārī

Educational Q&A

The verse highlights the human cost of war and the inevitable suffering that follows collective wrongdoing: even royal power cannot shield one from the karmic and emotional consequences of adharma, especially as seen in a mother’s grief.

Vaiśaṃpāyana narrates that Gāndhārī, stricken by sorrow for her sons, breaks into intense weeping, marking a moment of raw lamentation in the aftermath of the Kurukṣetra devastation.