Shloka 8

Devanagari script

त्वन्नेत्रा: सन्तु ते पुत्रा मा त्वां दीर्णा: प्रहासिषु: । तस्मादयं मद्गचनात्‌ त्यज्यतां कुलपांसन:,“आपके पुत्र आपके ही नियमन्त्रणमें रहें, ऐसी चेष्टा कीजिये। ऐसा न हो कि वे सभी मर्यादाका त्याग करके प्राणोंसे हाथ धो बैठें और आपको इस बुढ़ापेमें छोड़कर चल बसें। इसलिये आप मेरी बात मानकर इस कुलांगार दुर्योधनको त्याग दें

Transliteration

tvannetrāḥ santu te putrā mā tvāṁ dīrṇāḥ prahāsiṣuḥ | tasmād ayaṁ madgacanāt tyajyatāṁ kulapāṁsanaḥ ||

Translation

ヴァイシャンパーヤナは言った。「王よ、御子らを自らの抑制と導きのもとに置くよう努めよ。礼法の限りを引き裂いて破滅に至り、老いたあなたを置き去りにすることがあってはならぬ。ゆえに我が忠告を受け、ドゥルヨーダナを捨てよ—一族の汚名である。」

Word by Word

त्वत्of you/your

नेत्राःunder control/under guidance (lit. under the eye)

सन्तुlet them be

तेyour

पुत्राःsons

माdo not

त्वाम्you

दीर्णाःtorn apart/ruptured (in conduct; broken)

प्रहासिषुःmay they not mock/deride

तस्मात्therefore

अयम्this (one)

मत्from me

गचनात्from going/departure

त्यज्यताम्let (him) be abandoned

कुलपांसनःthe disgrace of the family

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Duryodhana

Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied addressee)

the Kuru sons (implied: Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s sons)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A ruler-father must restrain and guide his heirs; unchecked ambition and disregard for maryādā (proper limits) destroy both the sons and the father’s peace. Ethical governance begins with self-control and the courage to renounce a destructive, adharma-driven influence—even if it is one’s own child.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Sabha Parva context of escalating conflict, a senior voice (reported by Vaiśampāyana) warns the blind king (implicitly Dhṛtarāṣṭra) to keep his sons under discipline and specifically to abandon Duryodhana, portrayed as a ‘kulapāṁsana’ whose conduct threatens the family’s survival and the king’s security in old age.