Shloka 27

अध्याय ९ — कर्णस्य प्रहारः, योधयुग्मनियोजनम्, शैनेय-कैकेययोर्युद्धविन्यासः

Devanagari script

अकुर्वन्‌ वचन तस्य नूनं शोचति पुत्रक:

Transliteration

akurvan vacana tasya nūnaṃ śocati putrakaḥ

Translation

Dhṛtarāṣṭra said: “Surely my son now grieves, for he did not carry out that man’s counsel.”

Word by Word

• अकुर्वन्: they did (not); they did not do
• अकुर्वन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (अनद्यतनभूत), प्रथम, बहुवचन

• वचनम्: word; command; instruction
• वचनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसक, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• तस्य: of him; his
• तस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• नूनम्: surely; indeed
• नूनम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नूनम् (अव्यय)

• शोचति: grieves; laments
• शोचति: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: शुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथम, एकवचन

• पुत्रकः: the son (dear son/young son)
• पुत्रकः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्रक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

धृतराष्ट उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• putra (Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s son, i.e., Duryodhana implied)
• tad-vacana (the counsel/words of an unnamed ‘him’)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Ignoring sound counsel—especially when offered at the right time—often leads to inevitable remorse; ethical discernment includes the humility to heed wise instruction before consequences become irreversible.

What is happening in the narrative?

Dhṛtarāṣṭra reflects on the unfolding calamity of the war and infers that his son is now lamenting because he failed to follow someone’s advice, implying a missed opportunity that has turned into suffering.