Shloka 136

Devanagari script

पातनं शंस मे भूय: शल्यस्याथ सुतस्य मे | धृतराष्ट्र बोले--संजय! मैंने द्रोणाचार्य, भीष्म तथा राधापुत्र कर्णके वधका सारा वृत्तान्त सुन लिया है। अब पुनः मुझे शल्य तथा मेरे पुत्र दुर्योधनके मारे जानेका सारा समाचार कह सुनाओ

Transliteration

pātanaṃ śaṃsa me bhūyaḥ śalyasyātha sutasya me |

Translation

धृतराष्ट्र म्हणाले—“संजय! द्रोणाचार्य, भीष्म आणि राधेय कर्ण यांच्या वधाचा सर्व वृत्तान्त मी ऐकला आहे. आता शल्य आणि माझा पुत्र दुर्योधन यांच्या मरणाचा सारा समाचार पुन्हा मला सविस्तर सांग.”

Word by Word

• पातनम्: the falling/slaying (downfall)
• पातनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पातन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• शंस: tell, relate
• Type: Verb
• Root: शंस्
• Form: Imperative, 2, Singular, Parasmaipada

• मे: to me
• मे: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Dative, Singular

• भूयः: again, once more
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भूयस्

• शल्यस्य: of Shalya
• Type: Noun
• Root: शल्य
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• अथ: and then, also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• सुतस्य: of (my) son
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुत
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• मे: my, of me
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Droṇācārya (Droṇa)
• Bhīṣma
• Karṇa (Rādheya, son of Rādhā)
• Śalya
• Duryodhana

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the moral psychology of war’s aftermath: even after hearing of great elders and heroes falling, Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s attachment to his son drives him to seek repeated recounting. It underscores how moha (delusion/attachment) persists amid catastrophe, shaping perception and inquiry.

What is happening in the narrative?

Dhṛtarāṣṭra, listening through Sañjaya’s report, says he has already heard the deaths of Droṇa, Bhīṣma, and Karṇa, and now requests a full account of how Śalya and his own son Duryodhana were brought down.