Shloka 32

अध्याय ९ — कर्णस्य प्रहारः, योधयुग्मनियोजनम्, शैनेय-कैकेययोर्युद्धविन्यासः

Devanagari script

वैशम्पायन उवाच इत्येवं धृतराष्ट्रो5थ विलप्य बहु दुःखितः । प्रोवाच संजयं भूय: शोकव्याकुलमानस:,वैशम्पायनजी कहते हैं--इस प्रकार विलाप करके अत्यन्त दुःखी और शोकसे व्याकुलचित्त हो धृतराष्ट्रने पुन: संजयसे इस प्रकार कहा

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca | ityevaṃ dhṛtarāṣṭro 'tha vilapya bahu duḥkhitaḥ | provāca sañjayaṃ bhūyaḥ śokavyākulamānasaḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: Having thus lamented, Dhṛtarāṣṭra—deeply distressed and with a mind overwhelmed by grief—once again addressed Sañjaya.

Word by Word

वैशम्पायनःVaiśampāyana

उवाचsaid

इतिthus

एवम्in this manner

धृतराष्ट्रःDhṛtarāṣṭra

अथthen

विलप्यhaving lamented

बहुmuch, greatly

दुःखितःsorrowful

प्रोवाचsaid, spoke

संजयम्to Sañjaya (as object addressed)

भूयःagain, once more

शोकwith grief

व्याकुलagitated, distressed

मानसःmind (as: one whose mind is ...)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Dhṛtarāṣṭra

Sañjaya

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?

The verse highlights the ethical weight of consequences: Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s grief is not merely personal sorrow but the psychological aftermath of adharma-enabled decisions. It also underscores the need to face truth through reliable testimony (Sañjaya’s report), even when it is painful.

What is happening in the narrative?

After lamenting at length, Dhṛtarāṣṭra—overcome by sorrow—speaks again to Sañjaya, continuing the dialogue in which Sañjaya recounts the events of the Kurukṣetra war.