Shloka 76

Devanagari script

दृष्टवा विनिहतं भीष्म मन्ये शोचन्ति पुत्रका: । श्रोष्यामि तानि दुःखानि दुर्योधनकृतान्यहम्‌,जिन्होंने सम्पूर्ण जगत्‌में विख्यात इस युद्धके महान्‌ भारको अपनी भुजाओंपर उठा रखा था, उन्हीं भीष्मजीको मारा गया देख मेरे पुत्र भारी शोकमें पड़ गये होंगे, ऐसा मेरा विश्वास है। मैं दुर्योधनके द्वारा प्रकट किये हुए उन दु:खोंको सुनूँगा

Transliteration

dṛṣṭvā vinihataṃ bhīṣmaṃ manye śocanti putrakāḥ | śroṣyāmi tāni duḥkhāni duryodhana-kṛtāny aham ||

Translation

Dhṛtarāṣṭra said: “Seeing Bhīṣma slain, I believe my sons are grieving. I shall now hear of those sorrows—brought about by Duryodhana’s own doing.”

Word by Word

दृष्ट्वाhaving seen

विनिहतम्slain

भीष्मम्Bhishma

मन्येI think

शोचन्तिthey grieve

पुत्रकाःsons (dear sons)

श्रोष्यामिI shall hear

तानिthose

दुःखानिsorrows, sufferings

दुर्योधनकृतानिdone/caused by Duryodhana

अहम्I

Speaker

धृतराष्ट उवाच

Characters & Entities

Dhṛtarāṣṭra

Bhīṣma

Duryodhana

Kauravas (Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s sons)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Sorrow in war is not merely fate; it is often the fruit of deliberate choices. Dhṛtarāṣṭra recognizes that the suffering now unfolding is ‘Duryodhana-made’—a moral framing that links grief to agency, pride, and adharma-driven decisions.

What is happening in the narrative?

After learning that Bhīṣma has been struck down, Dhṛtarāṣṭra anticipates that his sons are plunged into grief. He prepares to hear the details of the calamity, while implicitly acknowledging that Duryodhana’s actions have precipitated these painful outcomes.