Shloka 70
Duryodhana’s Post-Duel Lament and Instructions (भग्नसक्थस्य विलापः)
Devanagari script
समाश्चास्य च गान्धारीं धृतराष्ट्र च माधव:
Transliteration
samāścāsya ca gāndhārīṃ dhṛtarāṣṭraṃ ca mādhavaḥ
Translation
വൈശമ്പായനൻ പറഞ്ഞു—മാധവൻ (കൃഷ്ണൻ) ഗന്ധാരിയെയും ധൃതരാഷ്ട്രനെയും സമീപിച്ച് യുദ്ധാനന്തര വേളയിൽ അവരെ അഭിസംബോധന ചെയ്തു; രാജശോകവും ഉത്തരവാദിത്വവും ധർമ്മവും സംയമവും എന്ന പരിധിയിൽ നിർത്തി കാണിച്ചു।
Word by Word
समाःequal (ones)
समाः:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootसमा
FormFeminine, Accusative, Plural
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
अस्यof him / his
अस्य:
TypePronoun
Rootइदम्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
गान्धारीम्Gandhārī
गान्धारीम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootगान्धारी
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
धृतराष्ट्रम्Dhṛtarāṣṭra
धृतराष्ट्रम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootधृतराष्ट्र
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
माधवःMādhava (Kṛṣṇa)
माधवः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमाधव
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
Speaker
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Characters & Entities
V
VaiśampāyanaG
GāndhārīD
DhṛtarāṣṭraM
Mādhava (Kṛṣṇa)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
Even amid irreversible loss, dharma requires approaching the grieving with composure and responsibility—seeking reconciliation, truthful counsel, and restraint rather than triumphalism or vengeance.
The narrator states that Mādhava (Kṛṣṇa) goes to Gāndhārī and Dhṛtarāṣṭra, indicating a scene where he engages the bereaved Kuru elders after the devastation of the war.