Shloka 11

Devanagari script

उद्वेपते मे हृदयं ये मे दुर्योधनादय: । बाल्ये5पि तेन युध्यन्तो वारणेनेव मर्दिता:,उसकी याद आते ही मेरा हृदय काँपने लगता है। मेरे दुर्योधन आदि पुत्र बचपनमें भी जब उसके साथ खेल-कूदमें लड़ते थे, तब वह गजराजकी भाँति इन सबको मसल देता था

Transliteration

dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca | udvepate me hṛdayaṃ ye me duryodhanādayaḥ | bālye 'pi tena yudhyanto vāraṇeneva marditāḥ ||

Translation

धृतराष्ट्र म्हणाला— त्याची आठवण होताच माझे हृदय थरथरते. बालपणीही जेव्हा माझे पुत्र—दुर्योधन वगैरे—खेळता-खेळता त्याच्याशी भांडत व मल्लयुद्ध करीत, तेव्हा तो गजराजाप्रमाणे त्यांना चिरडून पराभूत करी।

Word by Word

उद्वेपतेtrembles, is agitated

मेmy

हृदयंheart

येwho (those who)

मेmy

दुर्योधनादयःDuryodhana and others

बाल्येin childhood

अपिeven, also

तेनby him / with him

युध्यन्तःfighting

वारणेनेवas by an elephant (indeed)

मर्दिताःcrushed, subdued

Speaker

धृतराष्ट उवाच

Characters & Entities

Dhṛtarāṣṭra

Duryodhana

Kauravas (implied by duryodhanādayaḥ)

Elephant (vāraṇa, as simile)

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how unchecked power and past injuries breed fear and insecurity: Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s anxiety arises from recognizing Bhīma’s overwhelming strength and the long-standing hostility between the cousins, suggesting that unresolved childhood enmity can mature into catastrophic war.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Udyoga Parva’s lead-up to war, Dhṛtarāṣṭra reflects on the Pandava (implicitly Bhīma) whose might terrified the Kauravas even in childhood; he recalls how Duryodhana and his brothers were repeatedly overpowered, foreshadowing the imbalance of force that haunts the Kuru court.