Shloka 15
अलंबलवधः (Alaṃbala-vadhaḥ) / The Slaying of Alaṃbala and the Advance toward Karṇa
अस्माद्धि कुरुमुख्यानां महदुत्पत्स्यते भसम् । “जिस समय कुलान्तकारी पापी दुर्योधनका जन्म हुआ था, उस समय महाज्ञानी विदुरजीने यही सब विनाशकारी परिणाम देखकर राजा धृतराष्ट्रसे कहा था कि “इस कुलांगार बालकको परलोक भेज दिया जाय, यही अच्छा होगा; क्योंकि इससे प्रधान- प्रधान कुरुवंशियोंको महान् भय उत्पन्न होगा” || १३-१४ ई || तदिदं समनुप्राप्तं वचनं सत्यवादिन:,'सत्यवादी विदुरजीका वह कथन आज सत्य हो रहा है। दुर्योधनके ही कारण आज मैं अपने गुरुको शर-शय्यापर पड़ा देखता हूँ। क्षत्रियके आचार, बल और पुरुषार्थको धिक्कार है! धिक्कार है
asmāddhi kurumukhyānāṁ mahad utpatsyate bhasma
Sañjaya said: “From this (Duryodhana), a great ruin—like ashes—will arise for the foremost of the Kurus.” The verse evokes Vidura’s earlier warning to Dhṛtarāṣṭra: that Duryodhana’s very birth portended destruction for the Kuru elders and leaders. Now, as the war’s consequences unfold, that truthful counsel is seen to have become reality—an ethical lament on how adharma in one heir can consume an entire lineage.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Unchecked adharma in a single powerful individual—especially an heir—can bring collective catastrophe. Wise counsel (like Vidura’s) is meant to prevent such lineage-wide ruin, but ignoring it turns warning into destiny.
Sañjaya reflects on the war’s devastating outcomes and recalls (through the surrounding context) Vidura’s earlier prediction that Duryodhana would become the source of great destruction for the leading Kurus—now being fulfilled amid the carnage of the Drona Parva.