Mahabharata 9.63.56 — Shalya Parva, Adhyaya 63, Shloka 56

Duryodhana’s Post-Duel Lament and Instructions (भग्नसक्थस्य विलापः)

Devanagari script

त्वां चैव नरशार्दूल गान्धारीं च यशस्विनीम्‌

Transliteration

tvāṃ caiva naraśārdūla gāndhārīṃ ca yaśasvinīm

Translation

Vaiśampāyana berkata: “Engkau juga, wahai harimau di antara manusia, dan juga Gāndhārī yang termasyhur.”

Word by Word

• त्वाम्: you (object)
• त्वाम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• नरशार्दूल: O tiger among men
• Type: Noun (vocative address)
• Root: नरशार्दूल
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• गान्धारीम्: Gandhārī (object)
• गान्धारीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun (proper name)
• Root: गान्धारी
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• यशस्विनीम्: the illustrious/famed (woman)
• यशस्विनीम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यशस्विनी
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Gāndhārī

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The line models respectful address even amid the devastation of war: the narrator’s diction preserves dignity (naraśārdūla, yaśasvinī) while naming those drawn into the moral and emotional consequences of the conflict.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana continues the narration by directly referring to a principal male figure (addressed as ‘tiger among men’) and to Gāndhārī, indicating that both are being included in the next action, instruction, or encounter described in the surrounding verses.