Shloka 112
कृपदुर्योधनमुखा नि: श्व॒स्य रुरुदुस्तत: । उस समय कौरवोंपर बड़ा भयंकर मोह छा गया। कृपाचार्य और दुर्योधन आदि सब लोग सिसक-सिसककर रोने लगे |। १११ ह || विषादाच्च चिरं कालमतिष्ठन् विगतेन्द्रिया:
sañjaya uvāca | kṛpaduryodhanamukhā niḥśvasya rurudus tataḥ | viṣādāc ca ciraṃ kālam atiṣṭhan vigatendriyāḥ |
Sañjaya said: Then Kṛpa, Duryodhana, and the others, heaving deep sighs, began to weep. Overcome by grief, they remained for a long time as if their senses had failed them. Sunk in anxious despair, their minds no longer turned toward battle; they could not rush against the Pāṇḍavas, as though seized and held fast by some mighty force.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The passage highlights how overwhelming grief and moral-psychological collapse can paralyze even powerful warriors. In the Mahābhārata’s ethical frame, adharma-driven choices culminate not only in external defeat but also in inner disintegration—loss of steadiness, clarity, and resolve.
Sañjaya reports that Kṛpa, Duryodhana, and the Kaurava leaders, struck by a severe shock, sigh and weep. They remain immobilized for a long time, as if their senses have failed, and they are unable to mount an attack against the Pāṇḍavas due to deep despondency.