Shloka 37

Duryodhana’s Post-Duel Lament and Instructions (भग्नसक्थस्य विलापः)

Devanagari script

ततस्तु यादवश्रेष्ठो धृतराष्ट्रमधोक्षज:

Transliteration

tatastu yādavaśreṣṭho dhṛtarāṣṭram adhokṣajaḥ

Translation

അതിനുശേഷം യാദവശ്രേഷ്ഠനും ഇന്ദ്രിയഗമ്യമല്ലാത്ത അധോക്ഷജനുമായ ശ്രീകൃഷ്ണൻ ധൃതരാഷ്ട്രനെ സമീപിച്ചു.

Word by Word

• ततः: then; thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततस्
• Form: Avyaya (ablatival adverb: 'from that/then')

• तु: but; indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु
• Form: Avyaya (particle)

• यादवश्रेष्ठः: the best of the Yadavas
• यादवश्रेष्ठः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: यादव-श्रेष्ठ
• Form: Masculine, nominative, singular

• धृतराष्ट्रम्: Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• धृतराष्ट्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धृतराष्ट्र
• Form: Masculine, accusative, singular

• अधोक्षजः: Adhokṣaja (Viṣṇu/Kṛṣṇa)
• अधोक्षजः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अधोक्षज
• Form: Masculine, nominative, singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Kṛṣṇa (Adhokṣaja, Yādavaśreṣṭha)
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse signals a morally charged encounter: Kṛṣṇa, identified as Adhokṣaja (the transcendent Lord), turns toward Dhṛtarāṣṭra, implying that political power and personal grief must be met with higher counsel grounded in dharma and accountability.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates a transition: Kṛṣṇa, the foremost Yādava, goes to Dhṛtarāṣṭra. The line functions as a connective moment leading into dialogue or action involving the blind king in the war’s concluding developments.