Shloka 513

Duryodhana-patana-anuśocana

The Fall of Duryodhana and the Contest of Restraint

Devanagari script

ववर्ष मघवांस्तत्र तव पुत्रे निपातिते । भरतनन्दन! आपके पुत्रके धराशायी हो जानेपर इन्द्रने वहाँ रक्त और धूलिकी वर्षा की

Transliteration

vavarṣa maghavāṁs tatra tava putre nipātite | bharatanandana!

Translation

Ô fils des Bharata ! Lorsque ton fils fut abattu et gisait là, Maghavān (Indra) fit tomber sur ce lieu une pluie étrange : du sang et de la poussière. Ce présage rappelle que la chute d’un guerrier n’est pas seulement un deuil intime, mais un signe cosmique au cœur du tumulte moral de la guerre.

Word by Word

• ववर्ष: rained, poured down
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वृष्
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), 3, singular, परस्मैपदम्

• मघवान्: Maghavan (Indra)
• मघवान्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मघवत् (इन्द्र)
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, genitive, singular

• पुत्रे: when (your) son / in (your) son (context: upon your son)
• पुत्रे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र
• Form: masculine, locative, singular

• निपातिते: having been felled / slain
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-√पत् (णिच्) → निपातित
• Form: past passive participle (क्त), masculine, locative, singular

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāyudeva (Wind-god)
• Maghavān (Indra)
• tava putra (your son)
• Bharatanandana (Bharata prince, addressee)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse frames a warrior’s death as an event with moral and cosmic resonance: in a dharmic crisis like the Kurukṣetra war, nature and gods mirror the disorder through ominous signs, reminding listeners that violence leaves a stain beyond the battlefield.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyudeva reports that after the addressee’s son has been slain and lies fallen, Indra (Maghavān) sends an uncanny shower of blood and dust at that spot—an inauspicious portent marking the gravity of the moment.