Shloka 35

Gadā-yuddhe Bhīma–Duryodhanayoḥ Tumulaḥ Saṃprahāraḥ

Mace-duel’s intense exchange

Devanagari script

प्रातिकामी तथा पापो द्रौपद्या: क्लेशकृद्धत: । भ्रातरस्ते हता: सर्वे शूरा विक्रान्तयोधिन:,“दौपदीको क्लेश देनेवाला पापात्मा प्रातिकामी भी मारा गया। साथ ही जो पराक्रमपूर्वक युद्ध करनेवाले थे, वे तेरे सभी शूरवीर भाई भी मारे जा चुके हैं

Transliteration

prātikāmī tathā pāpo draupadyāḥ kleśakṛddhataḥ | bhrātaras te hatāḥ sarve śūrā vikrāntayodhinaḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “That sinful Prātikāmī too—who had been a source of anguish to Draupadī—has been slain. And all your brothers as well, heroic men and valiant fighters in battle, have been killed.”

Word by Word

प्रातिकामीPrātikāmin (a person’s name)

तथाalso/and

पापःsinful, wicked

द्रौपद्याःof Draupadī

क्लेशकृद्धतःcausing distress/suffering

भ्रातरःbrothers

तेyour/they (those of yours)

हताःkilled, slain

सर्वेall

शूराःheroes, brave men

विक्रान्तयोधिनःfighters of great prowess

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Prātikāmī

Draupadī

Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s brothers/sons (addressed as 'your brothers' in context)

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 underscores the moral logic of the epic: those who participate in or enable wrongdoing—especially acts that cause grievous suffering to the innocent—eventually meet destructive consequences amid the larger collapse brought by adharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to the blind king (Dhṛtarāṣṭra) the grim outcome of the war: Prātikāmī, remembered as an agent of Draupadī’s suffering, has been killed, and the king’s heroic brothers/kinsmen have also fallen in battle.