Shloka 12
अध्याय ४ — दुर्योधनस्य असंधि-निश्चयः
Duryodhana’s Refusal of Reconciliation
जयद्रथे च निहते तव भ्रातृषु चानघ । लक्ष्मणे तव पुत्रे च किं शेषं पर्युपास्महे
jayadrathe ca nihate tava bhrātṛṣu cānagha | lakṣmaṇe tava putre ca kiṁ śeṣaṁ paryupāsmahe ||
サञ्जयは言った。「ジャヤドラタが討たれ、汝の兄弟たちもまた倒れた、咎なき者よ――さらに汝の子ラクシュマナももはや在らぬというのに――われらが拠り所とすべきものは何が残るのか。いま、誰に避難と庇護を求めればよいのか。」
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores the collapse of worldly supports—power, lineage, and allies—when adharma-driven conflict reaches its end. It presses the ethical reflection that reliance on external might is fragile, and that one must face consequences when the moral and strategic foundations have been exhausted.
Sanjaya reports to Dhritarashtra the devastating losses on the Kaurava side: Jayadratha is dead, Dhritarashtra’s sons (his ‘brothers’ in the verse’s address) are gone, and even Lakshmana is not alive. Sanjaya then asks, in a deliberative and despairing tone, who remains for them to depend upon.