Shloka 45

द्रोणपर्व — अध्याय ८७: सात्यकेरनुयात्रा

Sātyaki’s resolve and departure to reach Arjuna

Devanagari script

तेषामथ विलापानां नाय॑ दुर्योधन: स्मरेत्‌

Transliteration

teṣām atha vilāpānāṁ nāyaṁ duryodhanaḥ smaret

Translation

Dhṛtarāṣṭra said: “Amid their lamentations, this Duryodhana does not call them to mind at all.”

Word by Word

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• अथ: then/now
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• विलापानाम्: of the lamentations
• विलापानाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विलाप
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• आय: indeed/at all (particle; reading uncertain)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आय

• दुर्योधनः: Duryodhana
• दुर्योधनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्योधन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• स्मरेत्: should remember / would remember
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्मृ
• Form: Vidhi-ling, Optative, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

धृतराष्ट उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Duryodhana

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights ethical insensitivity: when a leader is driven by pride and fixation, he may become incapable of remembering the suffering his actions cause, even when lamentation surrounds him.

What is happening in the narrative?

Dhṛtarāṣṭra comments on Duryodhana’s state of mind during the war: despite the cries and mourning of those affected, Duryodhana remains unreflective and does not ‘remember’—i.e., does not take to heart—their grief.