Shloka 9

Devanagari script

विनष्टा: पाण्डवा: कृष्णे शाश्वतं नरकं॑ गता: । पतिमन्यं वृणीष्वेति वर्देस्त्वं गजगामिनीम्‌

Transliteration

vinaṣṭāḥ pāṇḍavāḥ kṛṣṇe śāśvataṁ narakaṁ gatāḥ | patim anyaṁ vṛṇīṣveti varde stvaṁ gajagāminīm ||

Translation

ສັນຊະຍະ ກ່າວວ່າ: «ໂອ ກຣິສນາ (ດຣອປະດີ), ພານດະວະທັງຫຼາຍຖືກທຳລາຍ ແລະໄດ້ໄປສູ່ນະລົກອັນຖາວອນ. ດັ່ງນັ້ນ ຈົ່ງເລືອກຜົວຄົນໃໝ່—ນີ້ແມ່ນຄຳຂອງ ວຣິດທະ (ທຣິຕະຣາສຕຣະ) ທີ່ກ່າວແກ່ເຈົ້າ, ໂອ ນາງຜູ້ຍ່າງດັ່ງຊ້າງ»

Word by Word

• विनष्टाः: destroyed, perished
• विनष्टाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विनष्ट (वि+नश्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• पाण्डवाः: the Pandavas
• पाण्डवाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• कृष्णे: when/while Krishna (is present); in Krishna
• कृष्णे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• शाश्वतम्: eternal
• शाश्वतम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शाश्वत
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• नरकम्: hell
• नरकम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नरक
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• गताः: have gone (to)
• गताः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: गत (गम्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• पतिम्: husband
• पतिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पति
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अन्यम्: another
• अन्यम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• वृणीष्व: choose (for yourself)
• वृणीष्व: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृ (वृणोति)
• Form: Imperative, Second, Singular, Atmanepada

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• वर्देः: of Vardi (proper name)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्दि
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Nominative, Singular

• गजगामिनीम्: elephant-gaited woman (epithet)
• गजगामिनीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गजगामिनी
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Pāṇḍavas
• Kṛṣṇā (Draupadī)
• Naraka (hell)
• Vṛddha (Dhṛtarāṣṭra)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the ethical danger of using despair and false certainty as a weapon: declaring opponents “destroyed” and urging a virtuous person to abandon rightful bonds tests steadfastness (dharma) under psychological pressure.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports a message addressed to Draupadī: it claims the Pāṇḍavas have perished and gone to hell, and urges her to choose another husband—an attempt to break morale and undermine her loyalty amid the chaos of war.