Shloka 10
धिग्जीवितमिदं चैव सुहृद्धीनश्व॒ संजय । अद्य चाहं दशामेतां गत: संजय गर्हिताम्
dhig jīvitam idaṃ caiva suhṛd-hīnaśva sañjaya | adya cāhaṃ daśām etāṃ gataḥ sañjaya garhitām ||
Dhṛtarāṣṭra laments: “Fie upon this life of mine, O Sañjaya—bereft of true friends and support. Today I have fallen into this disgraceful condition, O Sañjaya.”
धृतराष्ट उवाच
Educational Q&A
A life guided by attachment and the rejection of righteous counsel culminates in shame and isolation; when one loses true well-wishers and moral clarity, the resulting downfall feels ‘garhitā’—worthy of censure.
In Karṇa Parva, Dhṛtarāṣṭra reacts to the grim course of the war as reported by Sañjaya. Overwhelmed by the consequences befalling his house, he condemns his own continued life and confesses that he has fallen into a disgraceful state.