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Shloka 243

धृतराष्ट्रस्य पाण्डवेषु प्रीति-वृत्तान्तः | Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Affectionate Disposition toward the Pāṇḍavas

अस्य पापस्य शुद्धयर्थ नियतो5स्मि सुदुर्मति: । विशेषत: पंद्रहवें वर्षमें आज मुझ दुर्बुद्धिकी आँखें खुली हैं और अब मैं इस पापकी शुद्धिके लिये नियमका पालन करने लगा हूँ

asya pāpasya śuddhyarthaṁ niyato 'smi sudurmatī

धृतराष्ट्र म्हणाला— “या पापाच्या शुद्धीसाठी मी—दुर्बुद्धी असूनही—आता नियम-पालनास बांधील झालो आहे. अखेर माझे डोळे उघडले आहेत; म्हणून या अपराधाच्या प्रायश्चित्तासाठी मी संयमाचा नियम अंगीकारला आहे.”

अस्यof this
अस्य:
Sambandha
TypePronoun
Rootइदम्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular
पापस्यof the sin
पापस्य:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootपाप
FormNeuter, Genitive, Singular
शुद्ध्यर्थम्for purification (purpose)
शुद्ध्यर्थम्:
Prayojana
TypeNoun
Rootशुद्धि + अर्थ
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
नियतःrestrained, observant (of vows)
नियतः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootनियत
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
अस्मिI am
अस्मि:
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (धातु)
FormPresent, 1st, Singular
सुदुर्मतिःone of very evil intellect (I, the very foolish one)
सुदुर्मतिः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootसु + दुर्मति
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular

धृतराष्ट उवाच

D
Dhṛtarāṣṭra

Educational Q&A

Moral failure should be met with honest self-assessment and corrective discipline: acknowledging one’s misguided choices and undertaking niyama (regulated restraint) as a means of inner purification and ethical realignment.

In the Āśramavāsika context, Dhṛtarāṣṭra reflects on the consequences of his past actions and declares that he has taken up regulated observances—an ascetic, vow-bound mode of life—to cleanse the sin he feels responsible for.