Shloka 29

Devanagari script

दुर्योधन न शोचामि त्वामहं पुरुषर्षभ । हतपुत्रौ तु शोचामि गान्धारीं पितरं च ते,'पुरुषश्रेष्ठ राजा दुर्योधन! मैं तुम्हारे लिये शोक नहीं करता। मुझे तो माता गान्धारी और आपके पिता धृतराष्ट्रके लिये शोक हो रहा है, जिनके सभी पुत्र मार डाले गये हैं

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | duryodhana na śocāmi tvām ahaṃ puruṣarṣabha | hataputrāu tu śocāmi gāndhārīṃ pitaraṃ ca te ||

Translation

Sañjaya berkata: “Wahai Duryodhana, banteng di antara manusia! Aku tidak meratapi engkau. Yang aku ratapi ialah Gāndhārī dan ayahandamu, Dhṛtarāṣṭra—yang kini kehilangan semua putera mereka—dan terpaksa menanggung sisa kehancuran perang ini.”

Word by Word

दुर्योधनO Duryodhana

नnot

शोचामिI grieve

त्वाम्you

अहम्I

पुरुषर्षभO bull among men / best of men

हतपुत्रौthe two whose sons are slain

तुbut

शोचामिI grieve

गान्धारीम्Gandhari

पितरम्father

चand

तेyour

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Duryodhana

Gāndhārī

Dhṛtarāṣṭra

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

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights moral and emotional accountability: the true weight of wrongdoing in war is not only the fall of the wrongdoer, but the suffering imposed on innocents—here, the parents who must live with the loss of all their sons.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya addresses Duryodhana and states that he does not mourn Duryodhana himself; instead, he mourns Gāndhārī and Dhṛtarāṣṭra, who are now bereaved of their sons in the wake of the Kurukṣetra war.