Shloka 28
Devanagari script
दुर्योधन उवाच क्व सा क्रीडा गतास्माकं बाल्ये वै शिनिपुड़व
Transliteration
duryodhana uvāca kva sā krīḍā gatāsmākaṃ bālye vai śinipuṅgava
Translation
ದುರ್ಯೋಧನನು ಹೇಳಿದನು—ಓ ಶಿನಿವಂಶಶ್ರೇಷ್ಠನೇ! ನಮ್ಮ ಬಾಲ್ಯದ ಆ ಕ್ರೀಡೆ, ಆ ಆಟಗಳು—ಇಗ ಎಲ್ಲಿಗೆ ಹೋದವು?
Word by Word
दुर्योधनःDuryodhana
दुर्योधनः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootदुर्योधन
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
Kriya
TypeVerb
Rootवच्
FormPerfect (Paroksha-bhuta), Third, Singular
क्वwhere?
क्व:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootक्व
साthat (she/that one)
सा:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
क्रीडाplay, sport
क्रीडा:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootक्रीडा
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
गताgone, departed
गता:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootगम्
FormPast Passive Participle (क्त), Feminine, Nominative, Singular
अस्माकम्of us, our
अस्माकम्:
Sambandha
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
FormGenitive, Plural
बाल्येin childhood
बाल्ये:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootबाल्य
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
वैindeed, surely
वै:
Nipata
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवै
शिनिपुंगवO bull among the Shinis (best of the Shinis)
शिनिपुंगव:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun
Rootशिनिपुंगव
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
Speaker
दुर्योधन उवाच
Characters & Entities
D
DuryodhanaŚ
Śini lineage (Śini/Yādava clan)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Cross References
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how war erodes earlier bonds and innocence; remembrance of shared childhood becomes an ethical mirror, exposing the tragedy of abandoning kinship-based restraint (dharma) for hostility and pride.
In Drona Parva, amid the intensifying conflict, Duryodhana addresses a Śini-descended hero with an emotional appeal, asking where their childhood play has gone—an attempt to invoke past closeness against the present enmity.