Shloka 25
विलापो भग्नसक्थस्य यो मे राज्ञ: परिश्रुत: । वार्तिकाणां कथयतां स मे मर्माणि कृन्तति,टूटी जाँघोंवाले राजा दुर्योधनका जो विलाप मैंने सुना है और संदेशवाहक दूतोंके मुखसे जो समाचार मुझे ज्ञात हुआ है, वह सब मेरे मर्मस्थानोंको विदीर्ण किये देता है
vilāpo bhagnasakthasya yo me rājñaḥ pariśrutaḥ | vārtikānāṃ kathayatāṃ sa me marmāṇi kṛntati ||
The lament of the king with shattered thighs that I have heard, and the reports conveyed by the messengers as they recount the tidings—these cut into my very vitals. Their words reopen the wound of our defeat and the moral ruin brought by this war.
कृप उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how the consequences of violent, unrighteous conflict do not end with physical defeat; they continue as inner torment. Hearing the fallen leader’s lament and the messengers’ reports becomes a moral and emotional wound, underscoring the lasting suffering produced by war and adharma.
Kṛpa speaks after the great battle, recalling Duryodhana—crippled with broken thighs—and describing how the king’s lament, along with the news repeated by messengers, painfully pierces his heart. It sets a tone of grief and agitation in the aftermath of the Kaurava collapse.