Shloka 26

Droṇa’s Rebuke to Duryodhana after Jayadratha’s Fall (द्रोणेन दुर्योधनं प्रति प्रत्युक्तिः)

Devanagari script

धृतराष्ट्र रवाच तथा यातेषु सैन्येषु तथा कृच्छूगत: स्वयम्‌

Transliteration

dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca tathā yāteṣu sainyeṣu tathā kṛcchrūgataḥ svayam

Translation

Dhṛtarāṣṭra said: “And when the armies had thus departed, I myself too fell into grievous distress.”

Word by Word

• धृतराष्ट्रः: Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• धृतराष्ट्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धृतराष्ट्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said/spoke
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), Third, Singular

• तथा: thus/so
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• यातेषु: when (they) had gone / among those gone
• यातेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: या (गतौ) → यात (ppp)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Plural

• सैन्येषु: in the armies
• सैन्येषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सैन्य
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Plural

• तथा: thus/so
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• कृच्छ्रगतः: having fallen into distress
• कृच्छ्रगतः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृच्छ्र-गत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• स्वयम्: himself
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वयम्

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Dhṛtarāṣṭra

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the inner cost of war: even a king, after sending armies forth, is not untouched—he personally sinks into distress, underscoring moral and emotional consequences that follow violent choices.

What is happening in the narrative?

Dhṛtarāṣṭra speaks, marking a transition: after the forces have moved out (or events have proceeded as described), he reports his own state—having fallen into severe anxiety and suffering.