Shloka 193

धृतराष्ट्रस्य युधिष्ठिरं प्रति व्यवहार-रक्षा-नियमनोपदेशः | Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Instruction on Administration, Punishment, and Daily Governance

Devanagari script

यैरियं पृथिवी कृत्स्ना घातिता कुलपांसनै: । “जिन कुलांगारोंने इस सारी पृथ्वीका विनाश करा डाला, वे दुर्योधन आदि सब लोग भारी-से-भारी कष्टमें पड़ जायँ”

Transliteration

yair iyaṃ pṛthivī kṛtsnā ghātitā kulapāṃsanaiḥ |

Translation

વૈશંપાયન બોલ્યા— “જેઓ કૂલપાંસનોએ આ સમગ્ર પૃથ્વીને વિનાશ તરફ ધકેલી, તે દુર્યોધન વગેરે બધા જ અતિઘોર દુઃખમાં પડી જાય.”

Word by Word

• यैः: by whom
• यैः: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• इयम्: this
• इयम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• पृथिवी: earth
• पृथिवी: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथिवी
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• कृत्स्ना: entire, whole
• कृत्स्ना: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृत्स्न
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• घातिता: was caused to be destroyed/slain
• घातिता: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular, Past passive participle (kta), causative sense

• कुलपांसनैः: by the defilers/ruiners of the family (dynasty)
• कुलपांसनैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुलपांसन
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• Pṛthivī (Earth)
• Duryodhana

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Adharma-driven leadership that disgraces one’s lineage can devastate the whole world; such agents of ruin are portrayed as deserving severe suffering as a karmic and ethical consequence.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśaṃpāyana, narrating the aftermath and moral reckoning of the Kurukṣetra catastrophe, condemns those like Duryodhana who caused widespread destruction, framing them as 'kulapāṃsanas'—stains upon their dynasty.