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Shloka 493

Duryodhana-patana-anuśocana

The Fall of Duryodhana and the Contest of Restraint

तस्मिन्‌ निपतिते वीरे पत्यौ सर्वमहीक्षिताम्‌ । फिर तो समस्त भूपालोंके स्वामी वीर राजा दुर्योधनके धराशायी होनेपर वहाँ बिजलीकी गड़गड़ाहटके साथ प्रचण्ड हवा चलने लगी

tasmin nipatite vīre patyau sarva-mahīkṣitām |

Lorsque ce roi héroïque—seigneur de tous les rois de la terre—tomba à terre, la nature elle-même répondit par un bouleversement de mauvais augure : le tonnerre gronda comme un fracas d’éclair, des vents furieux se levèrent, une pluie de poussière s’abattit, et la terre entière trembla avec ses arbres, ses forêts et ses montagnes. La chute de Duryodhana n’apparaît pas ici comme un simple fait d’armes, mais comme un tournant chargé de portée morale, marqué par un trouble cosmique au moment où s’effondre un souverain porté par l’ambition de l’adharma.

तस्मिन्in that (situation/place)
तस्मिन्:
Adhikarana
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular
निपतितेfallen
निपतिते:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootनि-पत्
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular, Past passive participle (क्त)
वीरेhero/warrior
वीरे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootवीर
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
पत्यौwhen the lord/master (was)
पत्यौ:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootपति
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
सर्व-मही-क्षिताम्of all earth-protectors (kings)
सर्व-मही-क्षिताम्:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootसर्व + मही + क्षित्
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural

वायुदेव उवाच

V
Vāyudeva (Wind-god) (speaker)
D
Duryodhana
E
Earth (Pṛthivī)
T
Trees
F
Forests
M
Mountains
T
Thunder
W
Wind
D
Dust

Educational Q&A

The verse underscores that the fall of a great ruler in a dharma-conflict is not portrayed as a private event; it is framed as a morally significant rupture, signaled by ominous natural disturbances. In epic ethics, such portents highlight the gravity of adharma-driven power and the consequential turning of the world-order when that power collapses.

Vāyudeva describes the moment Duryodhana, the overlord among kings, falls. Immediately, violent wind, thunder-like roaring, dust-storms, and trembling of the earth with its forests and mountains occur—traditional epic omens marking a decisive and catastrophic moment in the Kurukṣetra war.