Shloka 76

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

Devanagari script

प्रायात्‌ ततस्तु त्वरितो दारुकण सहाच्युत: । वासुदेवे गते राजन धृतराष्ट्रं जनेश्वरम्‌

Transliteration

prāyāt tatastu tvarito dārukaṇa sahācyutaḥ | vāsudeve gate rājan dhṛtarāṣṭraṃ janeśvaram

Translation

Then Dāruka quickly set out, accompanied by Acyuta (Kṛṣṇa). O king, when Vāsudeva had departed, he went to Dhṛtarāṣṭra, the lord of men.

Word by Word

• प्रायात्: departed, went forth
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-या (धातु)
• Form: लुङ् (Aorist), 3, Singular, परस्मैपद

• ततः: then, from there
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)

• तु: but, indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)

• त्वरितः: hastened, swift
• त्वरितः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्वरित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; त्वर्/त्वर् धातु से)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• दारुकेण: by/with Dāruka
• दारुकेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दारुक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• सह: together with
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)

• अच्युतः: Acyuta (Krishna)
• अच्युतः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अच्युत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वासुदेवे: when/with Vāsudeva (being gone); in Vāsudeva
• वासुदेवे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासुदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• गते: having gone (locative absolute with वासुदेवे)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; गम् धातु से)
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• धृतराष्ट्रम्: Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• धृतराष्ट्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धृतराष्ट्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• जनेश्वरम्: lord of men (epithet of Dhṛtarāṣṭra)
• जनेश्वरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनेश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Dāruka
• Acyuta (Kṛṣṇa)
• Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa)
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Janamejaya

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

After great violence, dharma expresses itself as accountability and right conduct in the aftermath—bearing truthful news, approaching elders and rulers with propriety, and confronting the moral consequences of war rather than remaining absorbed only in victory or loss.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates that Dāruka, together with Kṛṣṇa (Acyuta/Vāsudeva), hastens onward and goes to Dhṛtarāṣṭra, indicating a transition from battlefield events to the royal court and the reckoning that follows.