Shloka 166

स्त्रीपर्व १: धृतराष्ट्रशोकः संजयाश्वासनं च

Strī Parva 1: Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Lament and Saṃjaya’s Consolation

Devanagari script

द्रोणसूर्योपरागं च हृदयं मे विदीर्यते । दुःशासन मारा गया, कर्णका विनाश हो गया और द्रोणरूपी सूर्यपर भी ग्रहण लग गया, यह सब सुनकर मेरा हृदय विदीर्ण हो रहा है

Transliteration

dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca | droṇasūryoparāgaṃ ca hṛdayaṃ me vidīryate | duḥśāsanaḥ māritaḥ, karṇasya vināśaḥ jātaḥ, droṇarūpasūrye 'pi grahaṇam āpatitam—etat śrutvā mama hṛdayaṃ vidīryate |

Translation

Dhṛtarāṣṭra said: “My heart is being torn apart. Hearing that Duḥśāsana has been slain, that Karṇa has met destruction, and that even the sun-like Droṇa has been eclipsed, I am shattered within.”

Word by Word

• द्रोणसूर्योपरा॒गम्: the eclipse of the sun in the form of Droṇa (i.e., Droṇa-sun's eclipse)
• द्रोणसूर्योपरा॒गम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रोण + सूर्य + उपराग
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

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

• हृदयम्: heart
• हृदयम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: हृदय
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• मे: my
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

• विदीर्यते: is being torn/split
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + दृ (धातु: दृ/दर्) / विदॄ (to split, tear)
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Ātmanepada, Passive/Reflexive (भावे/कर्मणि प्रयोग)

Speaker

धृतराष्ट उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Droṇa
• Duḥśāsana
• Karṇa
• Sun (metaphor)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the moral and psychological consequence of adharma-driven war: attachment and partiality culminate in overwhelming grief when the inevitable collapse of one’s side arrives.

What is happening in the narrative?

Dhṛtarāṣṭra reacts to reports of catastrophic losses for the Kauravas—Duḥśāsana’s slaying, Karṇa’s destruction, and the ‘eclipsing’ (downfall) of the mighty Droṇa—expressing that his heart is breaking.