Shloka 9

अध्याय ३: कृपस्य दुर्योधनं प्रति नीत्युपदेशः

Kṛpa’s Counsel to Duryodhana

Devanagari script

सूतपुत्रे हते राजन पुत्रास्ते प्राद्रवंस्तत: । विध्वस्तकवचा: सर्वे कांदिशीका विचेतस:,राजन! सूतपुत्र कर्णके मारे जानेपर आपके सब पुत्र अचेत हो वहाँसे भागने लगे। उन सबके कवच नष्ट हो गये थे। उन्हें इतनी भी सुध नहीं रह गयी थी कि हम कहाँ और किस दिशामें जायेँ

Transliteration

sūtaputre hate rājan putrās te prādravuṃs tataḥ | vidhvastakavacāḥ sarve kāṃdiśīkā vicetasaḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “O King, when Karṇa, the son of the charioteer, had been slain, your sons at once fled from that place. All of them had their armour shattered; bewildered and senseless, they ran about like men who have lost all direction.”

Word by Word

सूतपुत्रेwhen/with the charioteer’s son (Karna)

हतेhaving been slain

राजन्O king

पुत्राःsons

तेthose/your (they)

प्राद्रवन्ran away/fled

ततःthen/from there

विध्वस्तकवचाःwith armor destroyed

सर्वेall

कांदिशीकाःbewildered, not knowing the direction

विचेतसःsenseless, unconscious

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Dhṛtarāṣṭra

Karṇa (Sūtaputra)

Kaurava princes (Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s sons)

Armour (kavaca)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes