Shloka 2

स्त्रीपर्व १: धृतराष्ट्रशोकः संजयाश्वासनं च

Strī Parva 1: Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Lament and Saṃjaya’s Consolation

Devanagari script

तथैव कौरवो राजा धर्मपुत्रो महामना: । कृपप्रभृतयश्चैव किमकुर्वत ते त्रय:,इसी प्रकार कुरुवंशी राजा महामनस्वी धर्मपुत्र युधिष्ठिरने तथा कृपाचार्य आदि तीनों महारथियोंने भी इसके बाद क्या किया?

Transliteration

tathaiva kauravo rājā dharmaputro mahāmanāḥ | kṛpaprabhṛtayaś caiva kim akurvata te trayaḥ ||

Translation

Janamejaya asked: “Likewise, what did the Kuru king, the noble-minded Dharmaputra (Yudhiṣṭhira), and those three great warriors beginning with Kṛpa do thereafter?”

Word by Word

तथाthus, in that manner

एवindeed, just

कौरवःthe Kaurava (descendant of Kuru)

राजाking

धर्मपुत्रःDharma's son (Yudhiṣṭhira)

महामनाःgreat-souled, noble-minded

कृपKṛpa

प्रभृतयःand others beginning with (him)

चand

एवindeed, also

किम्what

अकुर्वतdid, performed

तेthey

त्रयःthree

Speaker

जनमेजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Janamejaya

Yudhiṣṭhira (Dharmaputra)

Kṛpa

Kaurava/Kuru lineage

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 frames ethical inquiry after catastrophe: it highlights the importance of asking what righteous leaders and surviving elders did next, implying that conduct after war—how one responds in grief, responsibility, and governance—is a key measure of dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

Janamejaya continues questioning Vaiśaṃpāyana about the immediate aftermath: he asks what Yudhiṣṭhira and the three remaining senior warriors led by Kṛpa did following the preceding events.