Shloka 29
धृतराष्ट्रस्य मूर्च्छा—व्यासोपदेशः
Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Collapse and Vyāsa’s Counsel
य एष ते सुतो राजन् लोकसंहारकारणात्
ya eṣa te suto rājan lokasaṃhārakāraṇāt
Vyāsa said: “O King, this son of yours—by reason of being a cause in the great destruction of peoples—…”
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
The line frames a moral lens on war: individual agency and lineage are implicated in collective catastrophe. By naming the son as a ‘cause of the destruction of peoples,’ the verse points to karmic responsibility and the ethical weight borne by rulers and their families when decisions lead to mass suffering.
Vyāsa addresses the king directly and begins to identify the king’s son as connected to the vast devastation that has occurred. The sentence is incomplete here, functioning as a lead-in to a fuller explanation in the surrounding verses about how the son’s role relates to the broader ruin following the war.