Shloka 11

Devanagari script

कर्णश्न मम पुत्राश्न सर्वे चान्ये च पार्थिवा: | तेन वै दुष्प्रणीतेन गता वैवस्वतक्षयम्‌,अब तो मैं समझता हूँ कि उस दुर्नीतिके कारण कर्ण, मेरे सभी पुत्र तथा अन्य भूपाल यमलोकमें जा पहुँचे

Transliteration

karṇaś ca mama putrāś ca sarve cānye ca pārthivāḥ | tena vai duṣpraṇītena gatā vaivasvatakṣayam |

Translation

ທຣິຕຣາສຕຣະ ກ່າວວ່າ: «ບັດນີ້ຂ້າພະເຈົ້າເຂົ້າໃຈແລ້ວວ່າ ເນື່ອງຈາກການນຳພາອັນຊົ່ວຮ້າຍ ແລະການປົກຄອງອັນຜິດທຳຂອງຜູ້ນັ້ນ, ກັນນະ, ລູກຊາຍທັງໝົດຂອງຂ້າພະເຈົ້າ, ແລະບັນດາກະສັດອື່ນໆດ້ວຍ ໄດ້ໄປຮອດຖິ່ນພຳນັກຂອງ ໄວວັສວະຕະ—ແດນແຫ່ງຄວາມຕາຍ».

Word by Word

कर्णःKarna

चand

ममof me / my

पुत्राःsons

सर्वेall

चand

अन्येothers

चand

पार्थिवाःkings

तेनby that / because of him/it

वैindeed

दुष्प्रणीतेनby the ill-guided/ill-conducted (one/act)

गताःgone / having gone

वैवस्वतक्षयम्the abode of Vaivasvata (Yama), i.e., Yama's realm

Speaker

धृतराष्ट उवाच

Characters & Entities

Dhṛtarāṣṭra

Karṇa

Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s sons (the Kauravas)

other kings (pārthivāḥ)

Vaivasvata (Yama)

Vaivasvatakṣaya (Yama’s abode)

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 underscores moral causality in governance: when a ruler follows ‘duṣpraṇīti’—unrighteous counsel and misrule—the outcome is collective ruin. Dhṛtarāṣṭra recognizes that destructive leadership and unethical policy lead not only individuals but entire alliances into catastrophe.

What is happening in the narrative?

Dhṛtarāṣṭra, hearing of the devastation in the war, reflects with belated clarity that due to a certain person’s harmful guidance, Karṇa, his sons, and other allied kings have perished—described as having reached Vaivasvata’s realm (Yama’s abode), i.e., death.