Shloka 5

Adhyāya 65: Dawn Assembly, Makara–Śyena Vyūhas, and Commander Engagements

Devanagari script

सो<हं तीव्राणि दुःखानि दुर्योधनकृतानि च । श्रोष्यामि सततं तात दुःसहानि बहूनि च,तात! ऐसा जान पड़ता है कि मुझे दुर्योधनके कारण सदा अत्यन्त दुःसह एवं तीव्र दुःखकी ही बहुत-सी बातें सुननी पड़ेंगी

Transliteration

so 'haṁ tīvrāṇi duḥkhāni duryodhana-kṛtāni ca | śroṣyāmi satataṁ tāta duḥsahāni bahūni ca ||

Translation

Dhṛtarāṣṭra said: “Alas, it seems I must continually hear, my son, many unbearable and piercing sorrows—sorrows brought about by Duryodhana’s own deeds.”

Word by Word

सःhe/that (I)

अहम्I

तीव्राणिintense

दुःखानिsufferings, sorrows

दुर्योधनकृतानिdone/caused by Duryodhana

चand

श्रोष्यामिI shall hear

सततम्always, continually

तातdear father / dear one (vocative)

दुःसहानिhard to bear, unbearable

बहूनिmany

चand

Speaker

धृतराष्ट उवाच

Characters & Entities

Dhṛtarāṣṭra

Duryodhana

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights ethical causality: wrongful, ego-driven actions (here attributed to Duryodhana) generate intense and recurring suffering, not only for the doer but also for family and the wider realm; Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s lament underscores the burden of complicity and the painful harvest of adharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

Dhṛtarāṣṭra, hearing the war reports through Sañjaya, anticipates a continuing stream of dreadful news. He recognizes that the calamities he must hear are consequences of Duryodhana’s choices, and he addresses Sañjaya as “tāta,” expressing helpless sorrow.