Shloka 36

Devanagari script

ऐसा कहकर विशाल ब्रह्मतेज धारण करनेवाले देवर्षि-प्रवर नारद आकाशमें जाकर सहसा अन्तर्धान हो गये ।।

Transliteration

vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca |

vidurasya vacaḥ śrutvā nāgarasya giraṃ ca vai |

bhūyo mumūha śokāc ca dhṛtarāṣṭraḥ sabāndhavaḥ ||

tato duryodhanaḥ karṇaḥ śakuniś cāpi saubalaḥ |

droṇaṃ dvīpam amanyanta rājyaṃ cāsmai nyavedayan ||

Translation

વૈશમ્પાયને કહ્યું—વિદુરનાં વચનો અને નગરજનોનો વિલાપ સાંભળીને ધૃતરાષ્ટ્ર સગાં-સંબંધીઓ સહિત શોકથી મોહગ્રસ્ત થઈ ફરી મૂર્છિત થયો. ત્યારબાદ દુર્યોધન, કર્ણ અને સુબલપુત્ર શકુનિએ દ્રોણાચાર્યને પોતાનો ‘દ્વીપ’—અર્થાત્ નિર્ભય આશ્રય—માની સમગ્ર રાજ્ય તેમના ચરણોમાં અર્પણ કરી તેમને જ સોંપી દીધું.

Word by Word

• ततः: then/thereupon
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• दुर्योधनः: Duryodhana
• दुर्योधनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्योधन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कर्णः: Karna
• कर्णः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्ण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शकुनिः: Shakuni
• शकुनिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शकुनि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अपि: also/even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• सौबलः: son of Subala (Saubala)
• सौबलः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सौबल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• द्रोणम्: Drona
• द्रोणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रोण
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• द्वीपम्: island; (fig.) refuge/support
• द्वीपम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वीप
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अमन्यन्त: they considered/thought
• Type: Verb
• Root: मन्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), Third, Plural, Ātmanepada

• राज्यम्: kingdom, sovereignty
• राज्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: राज्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अस्मै: to him
• अस्मै: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Dative, Singular

• न्यवेदयन्: they offered/presented (formally conveyed)
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद् (√विद्/वेद्) with नि-
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• Vidura
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Nāgarāḥ (citizens of Hastināpura)
• Duryodhana
• Karṇa
• Śakuni (Saubala, son of Subala)
• Droṇa
• Rājya (the kingdom)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Public conscience recognizes adharma: the citizens’ lament and Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s grief show an awareness that injustice has been done to the Pāṇḍavas. Yet the Kaurava faction responds not with restitution but with consolidation—seeking institutional strength (Droṇa) to secure power. The verse highlights how moral insight can be eclipsed by political expediency.

What is happening in the narrative?

After Vidura reports the citizens’ sorrow at the Pāṇḍavas’ departure to the forest, Dhṛtarāṣṭra is overcome by grief and loses composure again. Immediately afterward, Duryodhana, Karṇa, and Śakuni treat Droṇa as their dependable support and formally entrust the kingdom to him, tightening their control of the state.