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Shloka 686

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

पुत्रशोकाभिसंतप्ता गान्धारी प्ररुरोद ह | इतनी बात कहकर पुत्रशोकसे संतप्त हुई गान्धारी देवी अपने मुखको आँचलसे ढककर फूट-फूटकर रोने लगीं

putraśokābhisaṃtaptā gāndhārī praruroda ha |

പുത്രശോകത്തിൽ ദഗ്ധയായ ഗാന്ധാരി തകർന്നു കരഞ്ഞു. ആ വാക്കുകൾ കേട്ടയുടൻ അവൾ അಂಚലാൽ മുഖം മറച്ച് നിയന്ത്രണമില്ലാതെ വിലപിച്ചു കരഞ്ഞു.

पुत्रशोकाभिसंतप्ताafflicted by grief for her son
पुत्रशोकाभिसंतप्ता:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootपुत्र-शोक-अभि-संतप्त (संतप् धातु से क्त)
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
गान्धारीGandhārī
गान्धारी:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootगान्धारी
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
प्ररुरोदwept, cried aloud
प्ररुरोद:
TypeVerb
Rootरुद्
FormPerfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
indeed (particle)
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root

वैशम्पायन उवाच

V
Vaiśaṃpāyana
G
Gāndhārī

Educational Q&A

The verse highlights the human cost of war and the inevitable suffering that follows collective wrongdoing: even royal power cannot shield one from the karmic and emotional consequences of adharma, especially as seen in a mother’s grief.

Vaiśaṃpāyana narrates that Gāndhārī, stricken by sorrow for her sons, breaks into intense weeping, marking a moment of raw lamentation in the aftermath of the Kurukṣetra devastation.