Shloka 606

धृतराष्ट्रविलापः — Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Lament and Inquiry (Śalya-parva, Adhyāya 2)

Devanagari script

दुर्योधनापराधेन प्रजेयं विनशिष्यति । महात्मा विदुरने मुझसे पहले ही कहा था कि *दुर्योधनके अपराधसे इस प्रजाका विनाश हो जायगा”

Transliteration

duryodhanāparādhena prajeyaṁ vinaśiṣyati | mahātmā viduraḥ na me mujhse pūrvaṁ eva uvāca yat duryodhanasya aparādhena asyāḥ prajāyāḥ vināśaḥ bhaviṣyati |

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “Because of Duryodhana’s wrongdoing, this people will be destroyed. The great-souled Vidura had already warned me beforehand that Duryodhana’s offense would bring ruin upon the realm.”

Word by Word

• दुर्योधन-अपराधेन: by the offence of Duryodhana
• दुर्योधन-अपराधेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्योधन + अपराध
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• प्रजा: the people
• प्रजा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रजा
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• इयम्: this
• इयम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• विनशिष्यति: will perish / will be destroyed
• Type: Verb
• Root: √नश् (नश्यति)
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), 3rd, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Duryodhana
• Vidura
• prajā (the subjects/people of the Kuru realm)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A ruler’s or leader’s moral failure is not private; it spreads outward and can destroy the wider community. The verse underscores ethical causality: adharma at the top brings collective ruin, and wise counsel (Vidura’s) is tragically validated when ignored.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana comments on the unfolding catastrophe of the Kuru conflict, attributing the impending destruction of the people to Duryodhana’s culpable actions, and recalls that Vidura had foreseen and warned of this outcome earlier.