Shloka 20

Devanagari script

संजय उवाच दुर्योधनस्य शकुनेर्मम दुःशासनस्य च । रात्रौ रात्रौ भवत्येषा नित्यमेव समर्थना,संजयने कहा--राजन्‌! प्रतिदिन रातको दुर्योधन, शकुनि और दुःशासनका तथा मेरा भी कर्णसे यही आग्रह रहता था कि “कर्ण! कल खबेरे तुम सारी सेनाओंको छोड़कर अर्जुनको मार डालो। फिर तो पाण्डवों और पांचालोंका हम भृत्योंके समान उपभोग करेंगे

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca

duryodhanasya śakuner mama duḥśāsanasya ca |

rātrau rātrau bhavaty eṣā nityam eva samarthanā ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “O King, night after night there is always this same urging—on the part of Duryodhana, Śakuni, Duḥśāsana, and even myself.” In context, this ‘urging’ is the repeated, morally charged pressure placed upon Karṇa to abandon broader battle aims and focus on killing Arjuna, revealing how desire for victory and domination hardens into a nightly counsel that eclipses restraint and dharma.

Word by Word

• {'sañjaya uvāca': 'Sañjaya said', 'duryodhanasya': 'of Duryodhana', 'śakuneḥ': 'of Śakuni', 'mama': 'of me / mine', 'duḥśāsanasya': 'of Duḥśāsana', 'ca': 'and', 'rātrau rātrau': 'night after night

• every night', 'bhavati': 'arises

• takes place', 'eṣā': 'this (feminine

• referring to the urging/counsel)', 'nityam eva': 'always indeed

• constantly', 'samarthanā': 'urging, insistence, pressing counsel

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Duryodhana
• Śakuni
• Duḥśāsana