Mahabharata 7.200.9 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 200, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

एते त्वां पाण्डवा: सर्वे कुत्सयन्ति विकुत्सया

Transliteration

ete tvāṃ pāṇḍavāḥ sarve kutsayanti vikutsayā

Translation

Sañjaya dit : «Tous ces Pāṇḍava te vouent des outrages avec mépris, cherchant à te couvrir de honte et à te déshonorer».

Word by Word

• एते: these
• एते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• त्वाम्: you
• त्वाम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Accusative, Singular

• पाण्डवाः: the Pandavas
• पाण्डवाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• कुत्सयन्ति: revile / censure
• Type: Verb
• Root: कुत्स्
• Form: Present (Lat), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• विकुत्सया: with contempt / by scorn
• विकुत्सया: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विकुत्सा
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Pāṇḍavas

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how contemptuous speech becomes a weapon in war: public reproach aims to wound honor and provoke rash action, raising ethical questions about restraint, dignity, and the dharmic use of words.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that the Pāṇḍavas are speaking scornfully to the addressed opponent, attempting to shame and discredit him amid the tensions of the battlefield.