Shloka 57

कर्णनिधनश्रवणम् — Hearing of Karṇa’s Fall and Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Lament

Devanagari script

जयाशा धार्तराष्ट्राणां वैरस्य च मुखं यत:

Transliteration

jayāśā dhārtarāṣṭrāṇāṁ vairasya ca mukhaṁ yataḥ

Translation

Sañjaya said: “From this arose the Dhārtarāṣṭras’ hope of victory, and from this too the very opening (cause) of renewed enmity.”

Word by Word

• जयाशा: hope of victory
• जयाशा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: जय-आशा
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• धार्तराष्ट्राणाम्: of the Dhārtarāṣṭras (sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra)
• धार्तराष्ट्राणाम्: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: धार्तराष्ट्र
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• वैरस्य: of enmity
• वैरस्य: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैर
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• मुखम्: the face; the chief cause/source
• मुखम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुख
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• यत्: which/that
• यत्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhārtarāṣṭras (Kauravas)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Unchecked hope of victory (jayāśā) in a violent contest can become the very gateway (mukha) to deeper enmity (vaira). The verse highlights how triumphal expectation fuels further hostility, worsening the moral and social rupture of war.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya, reporting the battlefield developments to Dhṛtarāṣṭra, notes that a particular event or advantage has strengthened the Kauravas’ confidence of winning, while simultaneously intensifying the feud—setting the stage for harsher conflict.