Shloka 11
कर्णश्न मम पुत्राश्न सर्वे चान्ये च पार्थिवा: | तेन वै दुष्प्रणीतेन गता वैवस्वतक्षयम्,अब तो मैं समझता हूँ कि उस दुर्नीतिके कारण कर्ण, मेरे सभी पुत्र तथा अन्य भूपाल यमलोकमें जा पहुँचे
karṇaś ca mama putrāś ca sarve cānye ca pārthivāḥ | tena vai duṣpraṇītena gatā vaivasvatakṣayam |
Dhṛtarāṣṭra dit : «À présent je comprends que, par la conduite perverse et le mauvais gouvernement de cet homme, Karṇa, tous mes fils, et les autres rois aussi, sont allés à la demeure de Vaivasvata — le royaume de la mort.»
धृतराष्ट उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores moral causality in governance: when a ruler follows ‘duṣpraṇīti’—unrighteous counsel and misrule—the outcome is collective ruin. Dhṛtarāṣṭra recognizes that destructive leadership and unethical policy lead not only individuals but entire alliances into catastrophe.
Dhṛtarāṣṭra, hearing of the devastation in the war, reflects with belated clarity that due to a certain person’s harmful guidance, Karṇa, his sons, and other allied kings have perished—described as having reached Vaivasvata’s realm (Yama’s abode), i.e., death.