Shloka 48

Duryodhana’s Post-Duel Lament and Instructions (भग्नसक्थस्य विलापः)

Devanagari script

यथा मूढो भवान्‌ पूर्वमस्मिन्नर्थे समुद्यते । किमन्यत्‌ कालयोगाद्धि दिष्टमेव परायणम्‌,'भारत! जिनका चित्त कालके प्रभावसे दूषित हो जाता है, वे सब लोग मोहमें पड़ जाते हैं। जैसे कि पहले युद्धकी तैयारीके समय आपकी भी बुद्धि मोहित हो गयी थी। इसे कालयोगके सिवा और क्‍या कहा जा सकता है? भाग्य ही सबसे बड़ा आश्रय है

Transliteration

yathā mūḍho bhavān pūrvam asminn arthe samudyate | kim anyat kālayogād dhi diṣṭam eva parāyaṇam ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “Just as you were once deluded and stirred up in this very matter earlier—at the time of preparing for war—so too do all whose minds are tainted by the force of Time fall into bewilderment. What else can this be but the working of Time? Indeed, destiny alone becomes the final refuge.”

Word by Word

• {'yathā': 'just as

• in the manner that', 'mūḍhaḥ': 'bewildered, deluded, foolish', 'bhavān': 'you (honorific)', 'pūrvam': 'formerly, earlier', 'asmin arthe': 'in this matter

• in this affair', 'samudyate (samudyataḥ)': 'aroused, set in motion

• stirred up/engaged', 'kim anyat': 'what else?', 'kālayogāt': 'from the conjunction/operation of Time

• due to Time’s agency', 'hi': 'indeed, for', 'diṣṭam': 'destiny, what is ordained/fated', 'eva': 'alone

• certainly', 'parāyaṇam': 'supreme resort, final refuge, ultimate recourse'}

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Bhārata (addressed person, i.e., descendant of Bharata)