Shloka 26

Devanagari script

हत्वा दुर्योधनं चापि प्रयच्छोर्वीं ससागराम्‌

Transliteration

hatvā duryodhanaṃ cāpi prayacchorvīṃ sasāgarām

Translation

サンジャヤは言った。「さらにドゥルヨーダナをも討ち果たしたのち、（彼は）周囲を海に囲まれたこの大地を授けるであろう。」

Word by Word

• हत्वा: having slain
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (√हन्)
• Form: क्त्वा, absolutive (prior action)

• दुर्योधनम्: Duryodhana
• दुर्योधनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्योधन
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

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

• अपि: also/even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• प्रयच्छ: give/bestow
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + यम् (√यम्)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• उर्वीम्: the earth
• उर्वीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: उर्वी
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• ससागराम्: together with the ocean(s)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स-सागर (स + सागर)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Duryodhana
• Urvī (the earth/kingdom)
• Sāgara (the ocean/seas)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights that the outcome of war is not only the defeat of an enemy but control over the moral and political act of granting rule. It implicitly questions the righteous use of power after victory—whether sovereignty is claimed for ego or conferred in alignment with dharma and legitimate order.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes a projected or declared consequence of Duryodhana’s death: once Duryodhana is slain, the victor would be in a position to ‘give’ the earth, conceived as the whole realm bounded by the seas—i.e., to dispose of kingship and dominion.