Shloka 513

Duryodhana-śibira-praveśaḥ — The Pāṇḍavas Enter the Kaurava Camp; The Burning of Arjuna’s Chariot

Devanagari script

तदिदं निधन प्राप्त को नु स्वन्ततरो मया । अपने धर्मपर दृष्टि रखनेवाले क्षत्रिय-बन्धुओंको जो अभीष्ट है, वही यह मृत्यु मुझे प्राप्त हुई है; अतः मुझसे अच्छा अन्त और किसका हुआ है?

Transliteration

tad idaṃ nidhana-prāptaḥ ko nu svantataro mayā |

Translation

Duryodhana said: “Now that this death has come to me, who indeed has met a better end than I? For I have attained the very death desired by kinsmen of the Kṣatriya line who keep their gaze fixed on their own dharma; therefore, whose final end could be superior to mine?”

Word by Word

तत्that

इदम्this

निधनम्death, end

प्राप्तःobtained, reached

कःwho?

नुindeed, then (interrogative particle)

स्वन्ततरःbetter, more fortunate

मयाby me / than me

Speaker

दुर्योधन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Duryodhana

Kshatriya kinsmen (kṣatriya-bandhu)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes