Shloka 1
धृतराष्ट्रविलापः — Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Lament and Inquiry (Śalya-parva, Adhyāya 2)
इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत शल्यपर्वमें धृतराष्ट्रका मोहविषयक पहला अध्याय पूरा हुआ,शीसल्-ताआ5 >> हु भ्रिध्रर्राध्य द्वितीयो<्ध्याय: राजा धृतराष्ट्रका विलाप करना और संजयसे युद्धका वृत्तान्त पूछना वैशम्पायन उवाच विसृष्टास्वथ नारीषु धृतराष्ट्रो3म्बिकासुत: । विललाप महाराज दु:खाद्ू दुःखान्तरं गत: वैशम्पायनजी कहते हैं--महाराज! स्त्रियोंक बिदा हो जानेपर अम्बिकानन्दन राजा धृतराष्ट्र एक दुःखसे दूसरे दुःखमें पड़कर गरम-गरम उच्छवास लेते और बारंबार दोनों हाथ हिलाते हुए विलाप करने लगे और बड़ी देरतक चिन्तामग्न रहकर इस प्रकार बोले
Vaiśampāyana uvāca |
visṛṣṭāsv atha nārīṣu dhṛtarāṣṭro ’mbikāsutaḥ |
vilalāpa mahārāja duḥkhād duḥkhāntaraṃ gataḥ ||
Vaiśampāyana said: When the women had been dismissed, Dhṛtarāṣṭra—the son of Ambikā—overwhelmed by grief and passing from one sorrow into another, began to lament. In this moment the blind king’s anguish deepens into helpless mourning, setting the ethical tone of consequence and accountability after the devastation of war.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse foregrounds the moral aftermath of war: unchecked attachment and partiality culminate in irreversible loss, and the ruler who failed to restrain wrongdoing is left to face compounding grief. It frames suffering as a consequence that deepens when responsibility is evaded.
After the women depart, Dhṛtarāṣṭra is left alone with his thoughts. His sorrow intensifies, and he begins to lament—an opening movement that leads into his questioning of Sañjaya about the course of the war and its outcomes.