Mahabharata 7.135.7 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 135, Shloka 7

द्रौणि-पार्षतयोर्युद्धम् | The Duel of Aśvatthāmā

Drauṇi) and Dhṛṣṭadyumna (Pārṣata

Devanagari script

विनष्टान्‌ कौरवान्‌ मन्ये मम पुत्रस्य दुर्नयै: । न हि कर्णो महेष्वासान्‌ पार्थान्‌ जेष्यति संजय

Transliteration

vināṣṭān kauravān manye mama putrasya durnayaiḥ | na hi karṇo maheṣvāsān pārthān jeṣyati sañjaya ||

Translation

サンジャヤは言った。「我が子の邪なる策ゆえに、カウラヴァはすでに滅びたものと私は見る。サンジャヤよ、カルナがパールタたち――クンティーの子ら、偉大なる弓の達人――に勝つことは決してない。」

Word by Word

• विनष्टान्: destroyed
• विनष्टान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विनष्ट (वि-नश्)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• कौरवान्: the Kauravas
• कौरवान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौरव
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• मन्ये: I think/consider
• मन्ये: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: मन्
• Form: Present, 1st, Singular, Atmanepada

• मम: of me / my
• मम: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

• पुत्रस्य: of (my) son
• पुत्रस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• दुर्नयैः: by evil policies / by bad conduct
• दुर्नयैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्नय
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• हि: indeed/for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• कर्णः: Karna
• कर्णः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्ण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• महेष्वासान्: great bowmen
• महेष्वासान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महेष्वास
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• पार्थान्: the sons of Pritha (Pandavas)
• पार्थान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• जेष्यति: will conquer
• Type: Verb
• Root: जि
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• संजय: O Sanjaya
• Type: Noun
• Root: संजय
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Karṇa
• Kauravas
• Pārthas
• Kuntī

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Unrighteous strategy and stubborn, unethical leadership (durnaya) bring collective ruin; personal prowess alone cannot overturn the moral and strategic consequences of adharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports a grim assessment: the Kaurava cause is effectively lost due to the misguided conduct of Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s son, and even Karṇa’s famed archery will not suffice to overcome the Pārthas (the Pāṇḍavas).