Shloka 22

Rajo-dhūli-saṃmūḍha-saṅgrāmaḥ

The Dust-Obscured Battle and Mutual Charges

Devanagari script

संजय उवाच शृणु राजन्‌ स्थिरो भूत्वा तवापनयनो महान्‌ । न च दुर्योधने दोषमिममाधातुमहसि,संजयने कहा--राजन्‌! स्थिर होकर सुनिये। इस युद्धके होनेमें सबसे बड़ा अन्याय आपका ही है। इसका सारा दोष आपको दुर्योधनके ही माथे नहीं मढ़ना चाहिये

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca: śṛṇu rājan sthiro bhūtvā tavāpanayano mahān | na ca duryodhane doṣam imam ādhātum arhasi ||

Translation

Sanjaya said: “O King, listen with steadiness. The greatest wrongdoing in bringing about this calamity lies with you. You should not place the whole blame for this upon Duryodhana alone.”

Word by Word

संजयःSanjaya

उवाचsaid

शृणुlisten

राजन्O king

स्थिरःsteady, composed

भूत्वाhaving become

तवof you, your

अपनयनःremoval, taking away (act of removing)

महान्great

नnot

चand

दुर्योधनेin/with regard to Duryodhana

दोषम्fault, blame

इमम्this

आधातुम्to place, to impute (blame)

अर्हसिyou ought, you are fit

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sanjaya

Dhritarashtra

Duryodhana

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes