Shloka 3

Devanagari script

अश्रुपूर्णे ततो नेत्रे व्यपमृज्य पुन: पुन: । उवाच कोपान्नि:श्वस्य दुर्योधनमिदं वच:,अपने आँसूभरे नेत्रोंको बारंबार पोंछकर क्रोधसे लंबी साँस खींचते हुए अभश्वत्थामाने दुर्योधनसे इस प्रकार कहा--

Transliteration

aśrupūrṇe tato netre vyapamṛjya punaḥ punaḥ | uvāca kopān niḥśvasya duryodhanam idaṃ vacaḥ ||

Translation

ಆಮೇಲೆ ಕಣ್ಣೀರಿನಿಂದ ತುಂಬಿದ ಕಣ್ಣುಗಳನ್ನು ಮರುಮರು ಒರೆದು, ಕೋಪದಿಂದ ದೀರ್ಘ ನಿಶ್ವಾಸ ಬಿಡುತ್ತಾ ಅಶ್ವತ್ಥಾಮನು ದುರ್ಯೋಧನನಿಗೆ ಈ ಮಾತುಗಳನ್ನು ಹೇಳಿದನು.

Word by Word

अश्रु-पूर्णेin (his) tear-filled (eyes)

ततःthen; thereafter

नेत्रेin the two eyes

व्यपमृज्यhaving wiped (them)

पुनःagain

उवाचsaid

कोपात्from anger; in anger

निःश्वस्यhaving sighed; having breathed out

दुर्योधनम्to Duryodhana (as object of address)

इदम्this

वचःspeech; words

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Aśvatthāmā

Duryodhana

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?

The verse highlights a moral-psychological truth: in the midst of war, sorrow can quickly turn into anger, and when one speaks under that pressure, restraint and discernment weaken—often escalating violence and ethical decline.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya narrates Aśvatthāmā’s emotional state—eyes full of tears, repeatedly wiping them, then sighing in anger—before he addresses Duryodhana, setting the tone for a charged and consequential speech.