Shloka 11

Droṇa-parva Adhyāya 125: Duryodhana’s despair and vow after Jayadratha’s fall (जयद्रथवधे दुर्योधनविलापः)

Devanagari script

दृष्टवा दुःशासनं राजा तथा शरशताचितम्‌

Transliteration

dṛṣṭvā duḥśāsanaṃ rājā tathā śaraśatācitam

Translation

Sañjaya said: Seeing Duḥśāsana—covered and heaped with hundreds of arrows—the king was struck by the grim reality of war’s consequences, for the sight of a fallen kinsman laid bare the moral cost of rage and wrongdoing on the battlefield.

Word by Word

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), कर्तरि

• दुःशासनम्: Duhshasana
• दुःशासनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुःशासन
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• राजा: the king
• राजा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तथा: thus; also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• शरशताचितम्: covered/filled with hundreds of arrows
• शरशताचितम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शर-शत-आचित
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Duḥśāsana
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• arrows (śara)