Shloka 233

अध्याय ९ — कर्णस्य प्रहारः, योधयुग्मनियोजनम्, शैनेय-कैकेययोर्युद्धविन्यासः

Devanagari script

दुर्योधनो नाभ्यगृह्नान्मूढ: पथ्यमिवौषधम्‌ | युधिष्ठिर सदा यही कहते रहे कि “युद्ध न करो।” परंतु मूर्ख दुर्योधनने हितकारक औषधके समान उनके उस वचनको ग्रहण नहीं किया

Transliteration

dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca | duryodhano nābhyagṛhṇān mūḍhaḥ pathyam ivauṣadham |

Translation

ドリタラーシュトラは言った。「迷妄のドゥルヨーダナは、ユディシュティラの健やかな諫言――『戦をするな』――を、愚か者が益ある薬を拒むように受け入れなかった。」

Word by Word

• दुर्योधनः: Duryodhana
• दुर्योधनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्योधन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• अभ्यगृह्णात्: accepted, took up
• Type: Verb
• Root: ग्रह्
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• मूढः: deluded, foolish
• मूढः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मूढ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पथ्यम्: wholesome, beneficial
• पथ्यम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पथ्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• इव: like, as if
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• औषधम्: medicine, remedy
• औषधम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: औषध
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

धृतराष्ट उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Duryodhana
• Yudhiṣṭhira
• auṣadha (medicine)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even sound, dharmic advice can fail when the listener is overcome by moha (delusion) and pride; rejecting wholesome counsel is likened to refusing medicine that could prevent ruin.

What is happening in the narrative?

Dhṛtarāṣṭra reflects that Yudhiṣṭhira repeatedly urged restraint—‘do not fight’—but Duryodhana, blinded by folly, would not accept that beneficial counsel.